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Milan metropolitan area

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Milan metropolitan area
Milan metropolitan area
Area metropolitana di Milano
Metropolitan area
Milan
Milan
Milan metropolitan area, as identified by Eurostat and OECD
Country Italy
Largest cityMilan (1,371,498)
Area
 • Metro
3,632 km2 (1,402 sq mi)
Population
[1]
 • Metro
6,100,000
 • Metro density1,679/km2 (4,350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
The Milan metropolitan area as seen from the International Space Station

The Milan metropolitan area, also known as Grande Milano ("Greater Milan"), is the largest metropolitan area in Italy and the 54th largest in the world.

Definition

Given the absence of an official statistical definition for the metropolitan area of Milan, tracing precise boundaries is a somewhat slippery issue. However, during the last decade, a number of studies have been carried out on the subject by some authoritative institutions and scholars, notably the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and numerous Italian sources that build a definition based on commuting fluxes and on the concentration of commercial, leisure and public utility services. A broad consensus exists upon a definition that includes the central Lombard provinces of Milan, Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Lodi, Monza and Brianza, Pavia, Varese and the Piedmontese Province of Novara, while some scholars include also the Province of Cremona and Brescia in Lombardy, the Piemontese Province of Alessandria and the Emilian Province of Piacenza. The overall population under the narrowest definition is about 9 million[failed verification] over an area of about 13,000 km2 (5,000 sq mi).[2][3][4][5]

Provinces in the Milan metro area Area
(km2)		 2001
Population[6]		 2011
Population[6]		 2019
Population[7]		  % change
(2011 to 2019)		 GDP (USD Mn, 2016)[8]
Milan1,575.652,938,5563,038,4203,259,835+7.29%202,971
Bergamo2,745.94973,5591,086,2771,114,365+2.59%41,945
Varese1,198.11812,934871,886890,768+2.17%30,812
Monza405.41766,767840,129873,935+4.02%31,972
Como1,279.04537,853586,735599,204+2.13%19,892
Pavia2,968.64493,829535,822545,888+1.88%15,696
Novara1,340.28343,097365,559368,597+0.83%12,938
Lecco814.58311,637336,310337,380+0.32%12,142
Lodi782.99198,020223,755230,198+2.88%7,229
Total 13,110.647,376,2427,884,8938,220,170+4.25%375,597

Largest cities

Monza
Bergamo
Novara

The following is a list of the twenty largest cities in the Milan metropolitan area as ranked by population.

Rank City Province 2001
population[6]		 2011
population[6]		 2017
population[9]		 % change
(2011 to 2017)
1 MilanMilan1,256,2111,242,1231,351,562+8.81%
2 MonzaMonza120,104119,856122,955+2.59%
3 BergamoBergamo112,864115,349120,287+4.28%
4 NovaraNovara100,939101,952104,165+2.17%
5 ComoComo78,54682,04584,326+2.78%
6 Busto ArsizioVarese75,86679,69283,340+4.58%
7 Sesto San GiovanniMilan78,83176,51481,822+6.94%
8 VareseVarese80,49279,79380,694+1.13%
9 Cinisello BalsamoMilan71,92471,12875,659+6.37%
10 PaviaPavia71,36668,28072,612+6.34%
11 VigevanoPavia57,44460,10963,505+5.65%
12 LegnanoMilan53,80957,64760,259+4.53%
13 GallarateVarese46,46150,45653,145+5.33%
14 RhoMilan50,45150,05250,767+1.43%
15 LeccoLecco45,51346,70548,131+3.05%
16 Cologno MonzeseMilan48,27045,78647,751+4.29%
17 Paderno DugnanoMilan45,43946,56246,590+0.06%
18 LodiLodi40,89443,33245,212+4.34%
19 LissoneMonza34,48242,22045,233+7.14%
20 SeregnoMonza39,17143,00144,962+4.56%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Major Agglomerations of The World". citypopulation.de. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "OECD Territorial Reviews: Milan, Italy". OECD. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  3. ↑ Campagna, Michele; et al. (2012). Planning Support Tools: Policy Analysis, Implementation and Evaluation. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Informatics and Urban and Regional Planning INPUT2012. Milan: FrancoAngeli. pp. 1853–1856. ISBN 9788856875973.
  4. ↑ "Osservatorio sulla città metropolitana di Milano. Rapporto 2016" (PDF). Polytechnic University of Milan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Salet, Willem; Thornley, Andy; Kreukels, Anton (2003). Metropolitan governance and spatial planning : comparative case studies of European city-regions. New York: Spon Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0415274494.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Historical population, 1861-2014". Istat. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Demographic balance, January-February 2020". Istat. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Demographic balance, January-February 2017". Istat. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

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