Metropolitan City of Milan
Metropolitan City of Milan
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Palazzo Isimbardi is the seat of the Metropolitan Council. | |
Location of the Metropolitan City of Milan | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Established | 1 January 2015 |
| Capital | Milan |
| Comuni | 133 |
| Government | |
| • Metropolitan Mayor | Giuseppe Sala |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,575 km2 (608 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 3,247,623 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €204.514 billion (2020) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISTAT | 215 |
| Website | Metropolitan 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.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1951 | 1,929,687 | — |
| 1961 | 2,494,598 | +29.3% |
| 1971 | 3,087,296 | +23.8% |
| 1981 | 3,139,490 | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 3,009,338 | −4.1% |
| 2001 | 2,940,579 | −2.3% |
| 2011 | 3,038,420 | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 3,214,630 | +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.