ISO 3166-2:IT

ISO 3166-2:IT is the entry for Italy in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Elements

Currently for Italy, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is IT, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Italy. The second part is either of the following:

  • two digits: regions
  • two letters: provinces, decentralized regional entities, free municipal consortia and metropolitan cities

For the regions, the first digit indicates the geographical region where the subdivision is in:

For provinces, the two-letter part is an abbreviation of the province name, such as 'PG' for Perugia, although, as an exception, the code for former Medio Campidano (IT-VS) whose name was based on its two capitals, Villacidro and Sanluri.

Vehicle registration plates

The two-letter provincial codes were used in vehicle registration plates between 1905 and 1994 (except for Rome, whose vehicle code has always been ROMA instead of RM).

In 1994, a new universal notation was introduced, dropping the province code entirely. This proved to be unpopular, and the two-letter code (or "ROMA") has been allowed to be added to a new, EU-style, blue border of the plates since 1999.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:

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First Level Subdivisions

Code Subdivision name (it)[note 1] Subdivision name (en)[note 2] Subdivision category
IT-65  Abruzzo Abruzzo region
IT-77  Basilicata Basilicata region
IT-78  Calabria Calabria region
IT-72  Campania Campania region
IT-45  Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna region
IT-36  Friuli Venezia Giulia Friuli Venezia Giulia autonomous region
IT-62  Lazio Lazio region
IT-42  Liguria Liguria region
IT-25  Lombardia Lombardy region
IT-57  Marche Marche region
IT-67  Molise Molise region
IT-21  Piemonte Piedmont region
IT-75  Puglia Apulia region
IT-88  Sardegna Sardinia autonomous region
IT-82  Sicilia Sicily autonomous region
IT-52  Toscana Tuscany region
IT-32  Trentino-Alto Adige, Trentino-Südtirol (de) Trentino-South Tyrol autonomous region
IT-55  Umbria Umbria region
IT-23  Valle d'Aosta, Val d'Aoste (fr) Aosta Valley autonomous region
IT-34  Veneto Veneto region
Notes
  1. ^ Names are in Italian (it) except where noted.
  2. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Second Level Subdivisions

Code Subdivision name (it) Subdivision category In region
IT-AG Agrigento free municipal consortium 82
IT-AL Alessandria province 21
IT-AN Ancona province 57
IT-AR Arezzo province 52
IT-AP Ascoli Piceno province 57
IT-AT Asti province 21
IT-AV Avellino province 72
IT-BA Bari metropolitan city 75
IT-BT Barletta-Andria-Trani province 75
IT-BL Belluno province 34
IT-BN Benevento province 72
IT-BG Bergamo province 25
IT-BI Biella province 21
IT-BO Bologna metropolitan city 45
IT-BZ Bolzano, Bozen (de) autonomous province 32
IT-BS Brescia province 25
IT-BR Brindisi province 75
IT-CA Cagliari metropolitan city 88
IT-CL Caltanissetta free municipal consortium 82
IT-CB Campobasso province 67
IT-CE Caserta province 72
IT-CT Catania metropolitan city 82
IT-CZ Catanzaro province 78
IT-CH Chieti province 65
IT-CO Como province 25
IT-CS Cosenza province 78
IT-CR Cremona province 25
IT-KR Crotone province 78
IT-CN Cuneo province 21
IT-EN Enna free municipal consortium 82
IT-FM Fermo province 57
IT-FE Ferrara province 45
IT-FI Firenze metropolitan city 52
IT-FG Foggia province 75
IT-FC Forlì-Cesena province 45
IT-FR Frosinone province 62
IT-GE Genova metropolitan city 42
IT-GO Gorizia decentralized regional entity 36
IT-GR Grosseto province 52
IT-IM Imperia province 42
IT-IS Isernia province 67
IT-AQ L'Aquila province 65
IT-SP La Spezia province 42
IT-LT Latina province 62
IT-LE Lecce province 75
IT-LC Lecco province 25
IT-LI Livorno province 52
IT-LO Lodi province 25
IT-LU Lucca province 52
IT-MC Macerata province 57
IT-MN Mantova province 25
IT-MS Massa-Carrara province 52
IT-MT Matera province 77
IT-ME Messina metropolitan city 82
IT-MI Milano metropolitan city 25
IT-MO Modena province 45
IT-MB Monza e Brianza province 25
IT-NA Napoli metropolitan city 72
IT-NO Novara province 21
IT-NU Nuoro province 88
IT-OR Oristano province 88
IT-PD Padova province 34
IT-PA Palermo metropolitan city 82
IT-PR Parma province 45
IT-PV Pavia province 25
IT-PG Perugia province 55
IT-PU Pesaro e Urbino province 57
IT-PE Pescara province 65
IT-PC Piacenza province 45
IT-PI Pisa province 52
IT-PT Pistoia province 52
IT-PN Pordenone decentralized regional entity 36
IT-PZ Potenza province 77
IT-PO Prato province 52
IT-RG Ragusa free municipal consortium 82
IT-RA Ravenna province 45
IT-RC Reggio Calabria metropolitan city 78
IT-RE Reggio Emilia province 45
IT-RI Rieti province 62
IT-RN Rimini province 45
IT-RM Roma metropolitan city 62
IT-RO Rovigo province 34
IT-SA Salerno province 72
IT-SS Sassari province 88
IT-SV Savona province 42
IT-SI Siena province 52
IT-SR Siracusa free municipal consortium 82
IT-SO Sondrio province 25
IT-SU Sud Sardegna province 88
IT-TA Taranto province 75
IT-TE Teramo province 65
IT-TR Terni province 55
IT-TO Torino metropolitan city 21
IT-TP Trapani free municipal consortium 82
IT-TN Trento autonomous province 32
IT-TV Treviso province 34
IT-TS Trieste decentralized regional entity 36
IT-UD Udine decentralized regional entity 36
IT-VA Varese province 25
IT-VE Venezia metropolitan city 34
IT-VB Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province 21
IT-VC Vercelli province 21
IT-VR Verona province 34
IT-VV Vibo Valentia province 78
IT-VI Vicenza province 34
IT-VT Viterbo province 62

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-1 2000-06-21 Correction of spelling mistakes of names of 2 provinces
Newsletter I-8 2007-04-17 Modification of the administrative structure Subdivisions added:
IT-CI Carbonia-Iglesias
IT-VS Medio Campidano
IT-OG Ogliastra
IT-OT Olbia-Tempio
Newsletter II-1 2010-02-03
(corrected
2010-02-19) 		Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, administrative update Subdivisions added:
IT-BT Barletta-Andria-Trani
IT-FM Fermo
IT-MB Monza e Brianza
Codes:
IT-FO Forlì → IT-FC Forlì-Cesena
Newsletter II-2 2010-06-30 Corrections from Newsletters I-1 and I-8 Codes: (to correct inconsistencies between newsletters)
Medio Campidano: IT-MA → IT-VS
Olbia-Tempio IT-OL → IT-OT
Pesaro e Urbino IT-PS → IT-PU
Online Browsing
Platform (OBP) 		2019-04-09 Addition of province IT-SD; Addition of category names free communal consortia and metropolitan cities in eng, fra and ita; Change of category name from province to free communal consortia for IT-AG, IT-CL, IT-EN, IT-RG, IT-SR, IT-TP; Change of category name from province to metropolitan city for IT-BA, IT-BO, IT-CA, IT-CT, IT-FI, IT-GE, IT-ME, IT-MI, IT-NA, IT-PA, IT-RC, IT-RM, IT-TO, IT-VE; Deletion of provinces IT-CI, IT-GO, IT-OG, IT-OT, IT-PN, IT-TS, IT-UD, IT-VS; Update List Source Subdivisions deleted:
8 provinces (see below)
Subdivisions added:
IT-SD Sud Sardegna
Category changes:
IT-AG, IT-CL, IT-EN, IT-RG, IT-SR, IT-TP:
province → free communal consortia
IT-BA, IT-BO, IT-CA, IT-CT, IT-FI, IT-GE, IT-ME, IT-MI, IT-NA, IT-PA, IT-RC, IT-RM, IT-TO, IT-VE:
province → metropolitan city
2019-11-22 Change of spelling of IT-36; Deletion of province IT-AO; Change of spelling of category name in eng from free communal consortia to free municipal consortium; Change of spelling of category name in ita from libero consorzion communale [sic] to libero consorzio comunale; Change of spelling of category name in ita from città metropolitan to città metropolitana; Addition of category name autonomous region and autonomous province; Change of category name from region to autonomous region for IT-23, IT-32, IT-36, IT-82, IT-88; Change of category name from province to autonomous province for IT-BZ, IT-TN; Update List Source Name changes:
IT-36 Friuli-Venezia Giulia → Friuli Venezia Giulia
free communal consortia → free municipal consortium
Subdivisions deleted:
IT-AO Aosta
Category changes:
IT-23, IT-32, IT-36, IT-82, IT-88:
region → autonomous region
IT-BZ, IT-TN:
province → autonomous province
2020-11-24 Correction of subdivision code from IT-SD to IT-SU; Addition of category decentralized regional entity; addition of decentralized regional entity IT-GO, IT-PN, IT-TS, IT-UD; Update List Source Code changes:
IT-SD → IT-SU Sud Sardegna
Subdivisions added:
IT-GO Gorizia
IT-PN Pordenone
IT-TS Trieste
IT-UD Udine

Codes deleted on 9 April 2019

Code Subdivision name In region Absorbed by
IT-CI Carbonia-Iglesias 88 SU
IT-GO Gorizia 36 36[note 1]
IT-VS Medio Campidano 88 SU
IT-OG Ogliastra 88 NU, SU
IT-OT Olbia-Tempio 88 SS
IT-PN Pordenone 36 36[note 1]
IT-TS Trieste 36 36[note 1]
IT-UD Udine 36 36[note 1]
  1. ^ a b c d These provinces have been broken into inter-communal territorial unions, which are collectively represented in ISO 3166-2:IT as the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Code deleted on 22 November 2019

Code Subdivision name In region
IT-AO Aosta, Aoste (fr) 23

See also