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

CodeSubdivision name (it)[note 1]Subdivision name (en)[note 2]Subdivision category
IT-65  AbruzzoAbruzzoregion
IT-77  BasilicataBasilicataregion
IT-78  CalabriaCalabriaregion
IT-72  CampaniaCampaniaregion
IT-45  Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagnaregion
IT-36  Friuli Venezia GiuliaFriuli Venezia Giuliaautonomous region
IT-62  LazioLazioregion
IT-42  LiguriaLiguriaregion
IT-25  LombardiaLombardyregion
IT-57  MarcheMarcheregion
IT-67  MoliseMoliseregion
IT-21  PiemontePiedmontregion
IT-75  PugliaApuliaregion
IT-88  SardegnaSardiniaautonomous region
IT-82  SiciliaSicilyautonomous region
IT-52  ToscanaTuscanyregion
IT-32  Trentino-Alto Adige, Trentino-Südtirol (de)Trentino-South Tyrolautonomous region
IT-55  UmbriaUmbriaregion
IT-23  Valle d'Aosta, Val d'Aoste (fr)Aosta Valleyautonomous region
IT-34  VenetoVenetoregion
Notes

Second Level Subdivisions

CodeSubdivision name (it)Subdivision categoryIn region
IT-AGAgrigentofree municipal consortium82
IT-ALAlessandriaprovince21
IT-ANAnconaprovince57
IT-ARArezzoprovince52
IT-APAscoli Picenoprovince57
IT-ATAstiprovince21
IT-AVAvellinoprovince72
IT-BABarimetropolitan city75
IT-BTBarletta-Andria-Traniprovince75
IT-BLBellunoprovince34
IT-BNBeneventoprovince72
IT-BGBergamoprovince25
IT-BIBiellaprovince21
IT-BOBolognametropolitan city45
IT-BZBolzano, Bozen (de)autonomous province32
IT-BSBresciaprovince25
IT-BRBrindisiprovince75
IT-CACagliarimetropolitan city88
IT-CLCaltanissettafree municipal consortium82
IT-CBCampobassoprovince67
IT-CECasertaprovince72
IT-CTCataniametropolitan city82
IT-CZCatanzaroprovince78
IT-CHChietiprovince65
IT-COComoprovince25
IT-CSCosenzaprovince78
IT-CRCremonaprovince25
IT-KRCrotoneprovince78
IT-CNCuneoprovince21
IT-ENEnnafree municipal consortium82
IT-FMFermoprovince57
IT-FEFerraraprovince45
IT-FIFirenzemetropolitan city52
IT-FGFoggiaprovince75
IT-FCForlì-Cesenaprovince45
IT-FRFrosinoneprovince62
IT-GEGenovametropolitan city42
IT-GOGoriziadecentralized regional entity36
IT-GRGrossetoprovince52
IT-IMImperiaprovince42
IT-ISIserniaprovince67
IT-AQL'Aquilaprovince65
IT-SPLa Speziaprovince42
IT-LTLatinaprovince62
IT-LELecceprovince75
IT-LCLeccoprovince25
IT-LILivornoprovince52
IT-LOLodiprovince25
IT-LULuccaprovince52
IT-MCMacerataprovince57
IT-MNMantovaprovince25
IT-MSMassa-Carraraprovince52
IT-MTMateraprovince77
IT-MEMessinametropolitan city82
IT-MIMilanometropolitan city25
IT-MOModenaprovince45
IT-MBMonza e Brianzaprovince25
IT-NANapolimetropolitan city72
IT-NONovaraprovince21
IT-NUNuoroprovince88
IT-OROristanoprovince88
IT-PDPadovaprovince34
IT-PAPalermometropolitan city82
IT-PRParmaprovince45
IT-PVPaviaprovince25
IT-PGPerugiaprovince55
IT-PUPesaro e Urbinoprovince57
IT-PEPescaraprovince65
IT-PCPiacenzaprovince45
IT-PIPisaprovince52
IT-PTPistoiaprovince52
IT-PNPordenonedecentralized regional entity36
IT-PZPotenzaprovince77
IT-POPratoprovince52
IT-RGRagusafree municipal consortium82
IT-RARavennaprovince45
IT-RCReggio Calabriametropolitan city78
IT-REReggio Emiliaprovince45
IT-RIRietiprovince62
IT-RNRiminiprovince45
IT-RMRomametropolitan city62
IT-RORovigoprovince34
IT-SASalernoprovince72
IT-SSSassariprovince88
IT-SVSavonaprovince42
IT-SISienaprovince52
IT-SRSiracusafree municipal consortium82
IT-SOSondrioprovince25
IT-SUSud Sardegnaprovince88
IT-TATarantoprovince75
IT-TETeramoprovince65
IT-TRTerniprovince55
IT-TOTorinometropolitan city21
IT-TPTrapanifree municipal consortium82
IT-TNTrentoautonomous province32
IT-TVTrevisoprovince34
IT-TSTriestedecentralized regional entity36
IT-UDUdinedecentralized regional entity36
IT-VAVareseprovince25
IT-VEVeneziametropolitan city34
IT-VBVerbano-Cusio-Ossolaprovince21
IT-VCVercelliprovince21
IT-VRVeronaprovince34
IT-VVVibo Valentiaprovince78
IT-VIVicenzaprovince34
IT-VTViterboprovince62

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:

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-12000-06-21Correction of spelling mistakes of names of 2 provinces
Newsletter I-82007-04-17Modification of the administrative structureSubdivisions added:
IT-CI Carbonia-Iglesias
IT-VS Medio Campidano
IT-OG Ogliastra
IT-OT Olbia-Tempio
Newsletter II-12010-02-03
(corrected
2010-02-19)
Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, administrative updateSubdivisions added:
IT-BT Barletta-Andria-Trani
IT-FM Fermo
IT-MB Monza e Brianza
Codes:
IT-FO Forlì → IT-FC Forlì-Cesena
Newsletter II-22010-06-30Corrections from Newsletters I-1 and I-8Codes: (to correct inconsistencies between newsletters)
Medio Campidano: IT-MAIT-VS
Olbia-Tempio IT-OLIT-OT
Pesaro e Urbino IT-PSIT-PU
Online Browsing
Platform (OBP)
2019-04-09Addition 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 SourceSubdivisions 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
2019-11-22Change 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 SourceName 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
2020-11-24Correction 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 SourceCode changes:
IT-SDIT-SU Sud Sardegna
Subdivisions added:
IT-GO Gorizia
IT-PN Pordenone
IT-TS Trieste
IT-UD Udine

Codes deleted on 9 April 2019

CodeSubdivision nameIn regionAbsorbed by
IT-CICarbonia-Iglesias88SU
IT-GOGorizia3636[note 1]
IT-VSMedio Campidano88SU
IT-OGOgliastra88NU, SU
IT-OTOlbia-Tempio88SS
IT-PNPordenone3636[note 1]
IT-TSTrieste3636[note 1]
IT-UDUdine3636[note 1]

Code deleted on 22 November 2019

CodeSubdivision nameIn region
IT-AOAosta, Aoste (fr)23

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