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Encyclopedia > Groups of Italian Regions
NUTS 1 in Italy

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 532 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1576 × 1776 pixel, file size: 180 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Italy per groups of Regions (NUTS 1) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 532 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1576 × 1776 pixel, file size: 180 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Italy per groups of Regions (NUTS 1) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation...

Nomenculture of Territorial Units for Statistics

In Italy, the areas belonging to NUTS 1 level are not governed or controlled by a specific national Entity. This division was only made with statistical aims. The NUTS 1 regions of Italy are on a par with the States of Germany, as well as with Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the regions of England. Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... This article is about the country. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime... Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Ian Paisley  - Deputy First Minister... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ...

Number Name (Italian) Corresponding Regions
1 North-West (Nord-Ovest) Valle d'Aosta, Piemonte, Lombardia, Liguria
2 North-East (Nord-Est) Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige, Emilia-Romagna
3 Centre (Centro) Toscana, Marche, Lazio, Umbria, Lazio
4 South (Sud) Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria
5 Islands (Isole) Sicilia, Sardegna

The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... The Aosta Valley (Italian: Valle dAosta, French: Vallée dAoste, Arpitan: Val dOuta) is a mountainous Region in north-western Italy. ... Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia, Lombard: Lumbardìa) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Vèneto is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige, German and Ladin: Trentino-Südtirol) is an autonomous region in northern Italy. ... Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... Tuscany (Italian: )is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... Mark or march (or various plural forms of these words) are derived from the Frankish word marka (boundary) and refer to an area along a border, e. ... Latium (Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Abruzzo is a region of Italy bordering Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east and the Adriatic Sea to the east. ... Molise is a region of central Italy, the second smallest of the regions. ... For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Italian region. ... Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Puglia (Apulia) to the east, Calabria to the south, it has one short coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea and another of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea to the south-east. ... View in Calabria. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... Sardinia (pronounced ; Italian: ; Sardinian: or Sardinna) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). ...

See also

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of countries for statistical purposes. ...

External links

  • ITALIA - NUTS level 2
  • ITALIA - NUTS level 3

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