Mountain communities were established by law on 3 December 1971 as statutory bodies with compulsory municipal membership within their defined territory.
It is constituted by the president of the regional council and the mountain and foothill comuni, even those that may be located in different provinces.
In Molise, after proposing a reduction in the number of mountain communities, they were abolished.
Puglia abolished mountain communities, but the Constitutional Court of Italy declared the act partially unlawful.
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