Data Sources & Attribution
Attribution and licensing information for Paese's data and audio.
ISTAT - Italian National Institute of Statistics
Paese uses official data from ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) for current Italian comuni, provinces, and regions.
Data source: ISTAT Elenco dei comuni italiani
URL: https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/6789
License: CC BY 3.0
This data is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which permits use, sharing, and adaptation with proper attribution.
SITUAS - Historical Comune Names
Historical comune name changes (1861-2026) are sourced from the SITUAS API, which provides ISTAT data on administrative boundary changes.
Pronunciation Audio
Pronunciation audio on this site comes from contributors to Wikimedia Commons and Lingua Libre . Files are used under their original licenses, which include CC0 (public domain dedication), public domain, and CC BY-SA 4.0. The original files remain publicly available on Wikimedia Commons.
Audio files are hosted on Paese servers for reliability but are otherwise unmodified from the source files. No claim is made over any of these recordings.
Attribution Requirements
Under the CC BY 3.0 license, we are required to provide attribution to ISTAT for the data used on this platform. This page serves as our formal attribution and acknowledgment of ISTAT's valuable work in maintaining authoritative data on Italian administrative divisions.
If you use or redistribute data from Paese, please provide appropriate attribution to both Paese and ISTAT, and include a link to the CC BY 3.0 license.