Italy

Italy provides three classification systems: administrative divisions (Regioni and Province), Eurostat NUTS regions (levels 2–3), and ISTAT statistical region codes.

Available Schemes

Scheme	Levels	Source
Administrative Divisions	Regioni, Province	Natural Earth
NUTS Regions	NUTS-2, NUTS-3	Eurostat
ISTAT Statistical Regions	ISTAT Region	ISTAT

Administrative Divisions

Italian administrative hierarchy.

Level	Local Name	Count	Code Format	Example
Region	Regioni	20	ISO 3166-2 (`IT-21`)	Piemonte
Province	Province	107	ISO 3166-2 (`IT-TO`)	Torino

Accepted codes: ISO 3166-2 codes, region/province names in Italian or English.

NUTS Regions

Eurostat NUTS 2021 classification for Italy. NUTS-1 is not exposed separately as it maps 1:1 to the five geographic macro-regions.

Level	Local Name	Count	Code Example	Name Example
NUTS-2	Regioni	21	`ITC1`	Piemonte
NUTS-3	Province	107	`ITC11`	Torino

Accepted codes: NUTS codes (ITC11), region/province names. Legacy NUTS codes (e.g. ITD → ITH, ITE → ITI) are automatically aliased.

ISTAT Statistical Regions

The Italian National Statistical Institute (ISTAT) uses 3-digit region codes for statistical publications.

Level	Local Name	Count	Code Format	Example
ISTAT Region	Regioni ISTAT	20	3-digit code (`010`)	Piemonte

Accepted codes: ISTAT 3-digit codes (e.g. 010 for Piemonte, 030 for Lombardia), region names.

Preset: "Italy (Sub-national)"

Sources

Scheme	Source	License	URL
Administrative Divisions	Natural Earth	Public Domain	naturalearthdata.com
NUTS Regions	Eurostat GISCO (NUTS 2024 + NUTS 2006 legacy)	EC Open Data	eurostat.ec.europa.eu
ISTAT Statistical Regions	ISTAT / Natural Earth	Public Domain	istat.it

Note: Italy uses both the NUTS 2024 and NUTS 2006 editions. The 2006 edition provides 47 legacy NUTS-3 codes (e.g. IT108, IT109) that were reassigned in the 2010/2013/2021 revisions. These are aliased automatically.