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Administrative identity

Nine provinces and the Metropolitan City of Florence, ordinary statute, capital Florence. No minority language. Regional day on 30 November (Festa della Toscana, abolition of the death penalty in 1786); patron saints St John in Florence (24 June), St Ranieri in Pisa (17 June).

Sections: Geography · History · Population · Languages · Time zone · Public holidays

Metropolitan City of Florence – Florence
Arezzo – Arezzo
Grosseto – Grosseto
Livorno – Livorno
Lucca – Lucca
Massa-Carrara – Massa
Pisa – Pisa
Pistoia – Pistoia
Prato – Prato
Siena – Siena

Statute and languages

Tuscany is an ordinary-statute region. The official language is Italian, whose historical basis is literary Florentine; the Tuscan varieties are not minority dialects and there are no communities protected by law 482/1999. The Region has a tradition of strong public intervention in health, social services and landscape planning (regional landscape plan).

Holidays

30 November is the Festa della Toscana, established to commemorate the Grand Duchy's abolition of the death penalty and torture in 1786 (the first in the world): it is not a public holiday but the Region organises events. Patron saints: St John the Baptist in Florence (24 June, with the historic football match and fireworks), St Ranieri in Pisa (17 June, with the Luminara on the 16th), St Paulinus in Lucca (12 July), St Donatus in Arezzo (7 August). The Palio di Siena is run on 2 July and 16 August.

Population

Regional figurePeriod: Jan 1, 2025Validsample unknown

Source: ISTAT – Popolazione residente al 1° gennaio (dataflow 22_289, DCIS_POPRES1)

3,657,716people