The Regional Council of Calabria (''Consiglio regionale della Calabria'') is one of the twenty Regional Councils of Italy.

Geography

The Regional Council represents the

Calabria Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...

Region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

Southern Italy Southern Italy (, , or , ; ; ), also known as () or (; ; ; ), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern Regions of Italy, regions. The term "" today mostly refers to the regions that are associated with the people, lands or cultu ...

. Calabria is located in the "toe" of the southwestern Italian Peninsula.

Description

The Regional Council of Calabria was established in 1970. It is based at the Palazzo Campanella in the city of

Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria (; ), commonly and officially referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the List of cities in Italy, largest city in Calabria as well as the seat of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. As ...

Composition

The Regional Council of Calabria was originally composed of 40 regional councillors. The number of regional councillors increased to 42 in the 1995 regional election, to 43 in the 2000 regional election and finally to 50 in the 2005 regional election. Following the decree-law n. 138 of 13 August 2011, the number of regional councillors was reduced to 30.

Political groups

The Regional Council of Calabria is currently composed of the following political groups:

References

External links

Regional Council of Calabria
Government of Calabria