Provinces - Italy

The Provinces service makes it possible to check and obtain the list of Italian provinces in real time and via API.

In Italy, provinces are administrative entities that serve an intermediate role between the municipal and regional levels. Each province is made up of a group of municipalities and is responsible for managing and coordinating services and activities that involve multiple municipalities.

It belongs to the API ZIP Codes and  is identified the endpoint GET https://cap.openapi.it/province

This service makes it possible to obtain the list of provinces with over 7 pieces of information:

EXAMPLE REQUEST

GET /province

Provinces do not require any search parameters.

https://cap.openapi.it/province

EXAMPLE RESPONSE

GET /province

This is an example of a response:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "sigla": "AG",
      "capoluogo": "Agrigento"
      "superficie": 10831.84
      "residenti": 1305770,
      "num_comuni": 305,
      "istat": "084",
     
    },
    {
      "...":"..."
    }
    ],
     "success": true,
    "message": "",
    "error": null
} 

There is also another endpoint (/province/{code}) that allows you to obtain information exclusively about a single province.

In this case, the abbreviation of the province must be passed as a parameter.

EXAMPLE REQUEST

GET /province/{code}

This is an example of an enquiry for the province of Frosinone where the parameter is FR

https://cap.openapi.it/province/fr

The response will still be with the same information but only about the indicated province.

EXAMPLE RESPONSE

GET /province/{code}

This is an example of an answer for the province of Frosinone (FR):

{
  "data": [
    {
      "sigla": "FR",
      "capoluogo": "Frosinone"
      "superficie": 3243.89
      "residenti": 493229,
      "num_comuni": 91,
      "istat": "060",
      "regione": "Lazio"
     
    },
     "success": true,
    "message": "",
    "error": null
}

This service is ideal for companies that need to keep geographic data constantly updated or validate information related to Italian provinces quickly and efficiently, such as logistics and transport companies, e-commerce companies, CRMs, and management software.