Metropolitan City of Milan

Metropolitan City of Milan
Città metropolitana di Milano (Italian)
Cittaa metropolitana de Milan (Milanese)
Flag of Metropolitan City of Milan
Coat of arms of Metropolitan City of Milan
Location of the Metropolitan City of Milan
Location of the Metropolitan City of Milan
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Established1 January 2015
CapitalMilan
Comuni133
Government
 • Metropolitan MayorGiuseppe Sala
Area
 • Total
1,575 km2 (608 sq mi)
Population
 (March 2022)
 • Total
3,236,472
 • Density2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
GDP
 • Metro€204.514 billion (2020)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISTAT215[2]
WebsiteMetropolitan City of Milan

The Metropolitan City of Milan (Italian: città metropolitana di Milano; Milanese: cittaa metropolitana de Milan, Lombard: [tʃiˈtaː metrupuliˈtana de miˈlãː]) is a metropolitan city (not to be confused with the metropolitan area) in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is the second most populous metropolitan city in the nation after the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. Its capital is the city of Milan. It replaced the province of Milan and includes the city of Milan and 132 other comuni (sg.: comune). It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since 1 January 2015.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19511,929,687—    
19612,494,598+29.3%
19713,087,296+23.8%
19813,139,490+1.7%
19913,009,338−4.1%
20012,940,579−2.3%
20113,038,420+3.3%
20213,214,630+5.8%
Source: ISTAT

The Metropolitan City of Milan is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (consiglio metropolitano). Since June 2016 Giuseppe Sala, as mayor of the capital city, has been the mayor of the Metropolitan City.

  1. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
  2. ^ "Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017". www.istat.it (in Italian). 23 December 2016.

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