Names |
| ISO3-Code |
ITA |
| Continent |
Europe |
| Country Name |
Italy |
Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
3.0 |
| Leve1 Type |
Region |
| Level2 Type |
Province |
| Level3 Type |
Commune |
| Number of Units |
8,105 |
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
7 |
National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001 |
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
56,780 |
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
56,814 |
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
56,954 |
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
56,719 |
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
57,301 |
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
57,530 |
National Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
299,287 |
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
6 |
Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
1,349 |
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
2,568,776 |
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
7,981 |
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
29,956 |
Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
403 |
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
6,039 |
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
0 |
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
183 |
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
73,766 |
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
7,059,820 |
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,062 |
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
107,085 |
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
43,155,074 |
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
25% |
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
75% |
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
67% |
Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
526 |
| Regression-estimated Extents |
53 |
| Digital Chart of the World |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
Notes |
- Administrative Population Source Data:
- 14th General Population and Housing Census Legal Population. DaWinci; the Data Warehouse. National Statistical Institute, Italy: http://dawinci.istat.it/pl/ .
- Administrative Boundary Source Data:
- Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003).
- Settlement Point Population Source Data:
- City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
- Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
- Getty, Times Atlas of the World, 1999, NIMA, World Gazetteer
- Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
- Communes with 10,000 inhabitants or more.
- Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
- Recent boundary divisions were accomodated in the following attribution of population:
(1) In the province of Padova, Carrara San Giorgio and Carrara Santo Stefano are merged and assigned the population of Due Carrare.
(2) In Rovigo, Contarina and Donada are merged and assigned the population of Porto Viro.
(3) In the province of Biella in Piemonte, the commune Pistolesa''s population is not available. Thus it was assigned a population of zero.
(4) In Salerno, the population of Bellizi added to Montercorvino Rovella from which is was created in 1990.
(5) In Nuoru, population of Cardedu added to Gairo from which it was created in 1984; and population of Lodine added to Gavoi from which it was created in 1988.
(6) In Cagliari, population of Castiadas distributed equally to the comuni of Villaputzu, SanVito and Muravera, from which it was created in 1986; populations of Elmas, Monserrato, and Quartucciu are added to the commune Cagliari from which they were created in 1989, 1991 and 1983 respectively; population of Piscinas added to Giba from which it was created in 1988.
(7) In Venezia, the population of Cavallino-Treporti added to Venezia from which it was created in 1999.
(8) In Sassari, the population of Erula distributed equally to the comuni of Perfugas and Chiaromonti from which it was created in 1988; population of Santa Maria Coghinas added to Valledoria from which it was created in 1983; and population of Stintino added to commune of Sassari from which it was created in 1988.
(9) In Roma, the population of Fiumicino added to comune of Roma from which it was created in 1992; Fonte Nuova population distributed equally to the comuni of Mentana and Guidonia Montecelio from which it was created in 1999; and population of San Cesareo added to Zagarolo from which it was created in 1990.
(10) In Napoli, the population of Massa di Somma added to Cercola from which it was created in 1988.
(11) In Catania, the population of Ragalna added to Paterno from which it was created in 1985.
(12) In Reggio di Calabria, population of San Ferdinando added to Rosarno from which it was created in 1977.
(13) In Taranto, population of Statte added to Taranto from which it was created in 1993.
(14) In Messina, the population of Torrenova added to San Marco d''Alunzio from which it was created in 1984.population:
A 5% growth rate cap was applied to select units.
- Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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