Metropolitan city of Milan

Metropolitan city of Milan
State :	Italy
Region :	Lombardy
Capital:	Milan
Area :	1,575 km²
Residents :	3,279,944 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	2,083 inhabitants / km²
Number of municipalities:	134
License plate :	MI
ISO-3166-2 identification :	IT-MI
President:	Giuseppe Sala Metropolitan Mayor
Website:	cittametropolitana.mi.it

The metropolitan city of Milan ( Italian Città Metropolitana di Milano ) is a metropolitan city in the Italian region of Lombardy . The administrative seat of the metropolitan city is the city ​​of Milan .

The metropolitan city of Milan has existed since January 1, 2015 as the legal successor to the Province of Milan ( Italian Provincia di Milano ).

In addition to the administrative center in Milan, important places are : Bollate , Cinisello Balsamo , Cologno Monzese , Legnano , Paderno Dugnano , Rho , Rozzano and Sesto San Giovanni .

geography

The metropolitan city has an area of ​​1,575 km². It comprises 134 municipalities and 3,279,944 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). With the establishment of the province of Monza and Brianza in 2004, the then province of Milan lost 55 municipalities and approx. 850,000 inhabitants, in December 2009 another five municipalities.

Largest communities

(As of December 31, 2015)

local community	Residents
Milan	1,345,851
Sesto San Giovanni	81,608
Cinisello Balsamo	75,078
Legnano	60,262
Rho	50,434
Cologno Monzese	47,971
Paderno Dugnano	46,633
Rozzano	42,475
San Giuliano Milanese	38,226
Pioltello	36,912
Bollate	36,392
Segrate	35,037
Corsico	35,032
Cernusco sul Naviglio	33,436
Abbiategrasso	32,585
San Donato Milanese	32,492
Parabiago	27,692
Buccinasco	27,224
Garbagnate Milanese	27,175
Bresso	26,263
Lainate	25,708
Cesano Boscone	23,792
magenta	23,654
Peschiera Borromeo	23,397
Cornaredo	20,459
Senago	20,252
Novate Milanese	20,083
Cusano Milanino	19,489
Arese	19,346
Trezzano sul Naviglio	18,762
Melzo	18,506
Cormano	18,403
Gorgonzola	18,362
Settimo Milanese	18,107
Cassano d'Adda	17,518
Nerviano	17,500
Melegnano	16,385
Bareggio	16,253
Pieve Emanuele	15,615

history

With the Peace of Constance in 1183, Milan became a duchy, which also ruled the surrounding area. In 1450 Milan fell to the Sforza family . After Charles V's victory over Francis I in 1525 , Milan fell to the Spanish Habsburgs . In 1714, in the Peace of Rastatt, Lombardy with its capital Milan was then assigned to the Austrian Habsburgs. These divided the Duchy of Milan into eight provinces in 1786, including the province of Milan. Under the Napoleonic rule was the Cisalpine Republic , the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of Italy from 1797 to 1815 that after the river Olona named department Olona , in addition to Pavia times also Como and Varese included. In the Habsburg Kingdom of Lombardy-Veneto , the province of Milan was re -established in 1816. After the annexation of Lombardy by the Kingdom of Sardinia- Piedmont ( Risorgimento ), the province of Milan became a territorial body of Sardinia-Piedmont on the basis of an administrative reform law of October 23, 1859 and then of Italy from March 17, 1861. The province of Milan was enlarged by Abbiategrasso , Magenta and Lodi and thus covered almost 3,000 km². The first provincial council elections took place on January 15, 1860. By 1927 the province was divided into the five districts (circondari) Milan , Lodi , Monza , Gallarate and Abbiategrasso with 39 districts (mandamenti) and 498 municipalities. After the district level was omitted in 1923, the districts were also abolished in 1927 and a number of new provinces were formed in return. As part of this reform, the province of Milan lost 37 municipalities to the new province of Varese . In 1992 the Province of Lodi was spun off from the Province of Milan , and in 2004 the Province of Monza and Brianza . In 2010 the Province of Milan celebrated its 150th anniversary as a self-governing body. On January 1, 2015, the province became the metropolitan city of Milan.

economy

The metropolitan city of Milan is the economically most important center of Italy. More than half of the 200 largest companies in the country are based here. Most of the country's publishers, advertising agencies, market research institutes and trading companies are located here. In 1910, the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo was founded in Milan (today part of the Fiat group). Another world-famous company is the tire and cable manufacturer Pirelli.

Web links

Commons : Metropolitan City of Milan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the metropolitan city of Milan (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.