Maps of Italy: regions, cities, relief and population

ITALY · PRINTABLE MAPS

Five printable maps of Italy: regions and cities, location in Europe, two views of the relief and population. PDFs, images and sources are available below.

Our five maps have English labels. Maps from other publishers retain their original language.

Regions and cities PDF Shaded relief PDF

Regions, cities and location in Europe

Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia; twenty regions.

Carte-monde.org · November 2026

Regions and main cities

The 20 regions are numbered and named in the legend, with selected cities and the capital.

A4 landscape PDF · PNG 2 400 px · CC BY 4.0

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Carte-monde.org · November 2026

Location in Europe

The country is highlighted within a simplified European frame; territories outside this frame are not shown.

A4 landscape PDF · PNG 2 400 px · CC BY 4.0

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Two maps to understand the relief

Choose shaded relief for an overview, or elevation classes for school use.

Carte-monde.org · November 2026

Shaded relief, cities and rivers

To identify major landforms, cities and the river network. The natural colours are not an elevation scale.

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Raster base map, cities, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth, public domain. Other boundary credits and licences are retained in the pack. Cartographic work CC BY 4.0; ODbL-derived data retains its licence. No topographic accuracy is claimed.

Territory, data and selection of names

Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia; twenty regions.

Natural Earth II shaded relief background, 13 selected cities. Named rivers: Adige, Doire baltée, Mincio, Ofanto, Pô, Tessin, Tibre.

The colours represent idealised natural cover; they do not correspond to elevation classes. This global background remains generalised, particularly for small states.

Carte-monde.org · November 2026

Simplified elevations

Smoothed relief, elevation colours, main mountain ranges, plains and watercourses. Educational map at national scale.

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Population density: 2020 estimates

Carte-monde.org · November 2026

Population density — 2020 estimates

Estimated residential population in 2020, on a source grid of 1 km². Inhabitants/km² classes are shared across countries; no 2025 projection.

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The data represents estimated residential population in 2020, on a 1 km² source grid. The document’s creation date does not change this reference year.

The five in-house maps in one pack

Regions and cities, location in Europe, simplified elevations, 2020 population density and shaded relief: five A4 PDFs, their PNGs and SVGs, with sources and licences.

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Previous edition packs

The four maps in one pack

Four A4 PDFs, their PNGs and SVGs, with full notes. Terrain and density use an embedded image background; text and linework remain vector-based.

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An additional reference map

Existing document, preserved in its original language and with its creation date. This map is not presented as a current administrative edition.

Created: 2008-01-24

Topographic map of Italy with borders.png

F l a n k e r · Public domain, according to the author’s declaration · Original file page and source

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Retain the stated authors and conditions; adaptations of CC BY-SA maps must keep an identical or compatible licence.

Find the old maps of Italy

Previously published maps remain accessible at their original URLs, with the collection’s text and credits.

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Choose and print a map

Regions and cities show how the territory is organized; the location map places the country; terrain shows the main natural regions; density shows population distribution. Print the in-house PDFs in A4 landscape with “Fit to page”. Insets have their own scales.

For exercises: six blank base maps of Italy.

Sources, reference years and reuse

Outlines, regions, cities and hydrography: Natural Earth 5.1.1, public domain. Generalized boundaries at 1:10 million, not cadastral; edition year 2026 does not mean that all geometries have been updated.

Relief: SRTM15+ / Tozer et al. (2019), reference publication, via GMT earth_relief_02m derived from SRTM15+V2.7. Grid smoothed to two arc minutes, suitable for a national overview, without topographic precision.

Population: Schiavina et al. (2023), GHS-POP R2023A, 2020 residential estimates, © European Union / JRC, CC BY 4.0. The 1 km² Mollweide cells are expressed in inhabitants/km². Methodology: Pesaresi et al. (2024).

The four new maps: created by Carte-monde.org, November 2026, under CC BY 4.0. Cite authors, sources and reference years, and indicate adaptations. Additional and older maps retain their own rights.

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Previous versions: maps and files preserved

These files remain available at their original URLs. For corrected maps, use the main links above. Each edition retains its credits and date.

Other maps: sources and reuse

Reference maps by external authors. Each document retains its licence, credits and date. “View map” links open the document on Commons; ZIP buttons provide access to the files kept in this collection.

Population density in Italy.png

Author: nerdy.maps · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original file page, sources and licence

Date stated by the source: 2020-06-02. The data reference year may differ from the document’s; consult its legend.

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Previous collection — original files preserved

Italy downloadable maps
general map of Italy	Map of Italian regions
general map of Italy	Relief Map of Italy

Original French files

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