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Milan metropolitan area

Milan metropolitan area

Overview
The Milan metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Milan
Milan
Milan in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million...

 in Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

 (pop. 7.4 millions), the biggest megalopolis
Megalopolis
Megalopolis may refer to:* Megalopolis , an extensive metropolitan area or a long chain of continuous metropolitan areas....

 in Italy and one of the largest in Europe.

The spatial spread of the metropolitan area has greatly accelerated over recent decades. The growth of the many settlements around the core of Milan since the 1960s have defined the extent and pattern of the metropolitan area, and commuting flows suggest that socioeconomic linkages have expanded beyond the boundaries of the Province of Milan
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan.It has an area of 1,620 km², and a total population of 3,116,576. There are 139 comuni in the province....

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The Milan metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Milan
Milan
Milan in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million...

 in Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

 (pop. 7.4 millions), the biggest megalopolis
Megalopolis
Megalopolis may refer to:* Megalopolis , an extensive metropolitan area or a long chain of continuous metropolitan areas....

 in Italy and one of the largest in Europe.

The spatial spread of the metropolitan area has greatly accelerated over recent decades. The growth of the many settlements around the core of Milan since the 1960s have defined the extent and pattern of the metropolitan area, and commuting flows suggest that socioeconomic linkages have expanded beyond the boundaries of the Province of Milan
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan.It has an area of 1,620 km², and a total population of 3,116,576. There are 139 comuni in the province....

. A single, large and increasingly widespread conurbation
Conurbation
A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area...

 with the city of Milan at its hub defines metropolitan Milan; however, the extent of the metropolitan area can vary greatly depending on the defining source.

The Milan metropolitan area is part of the so-called Blue Banana
Blue Banana
The Blue Banana is a discontinuous corridor of urbanisation in Western Europe, with a population of around 90 million. It stretches approximately from North West England in the north to Milan in the south...

, the area of Europe with the highest population and industrial density.

Definitions


One definition of the metropolitan area is the local labour market system, an official definition based on commuting patterns used by Istat
ISTAT
ISTAT may refer to:* International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading, an aircraft standards organization* Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, Italian National Statistics Institute...

 consisting of 115 municipalities (It. comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...

) with a total population of 2,975,754 (2001).

Another definition is synonymous with the province of Milan
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan.It has an area of 1,620 km², and a total population of 3,116,576. There are 139 comuni in the province....

, with 3,869,037 inhabitants distributed over an area of 1,982 km².

According to Eurostat
Eurostat
Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg. Its main responsibilities are to provide the European Union with statistical information at European level and to promote the harmonisation of statistical methods across the Member States of the European Union,...

 Urban Audit program, the larger urban zone of Milan has a population of 3,076,643.

Finally, an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international organisation of 30 countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and free-market economy...

 (OECD) territorial review of 2006 takes a more inclusive definition based on socioeconomic patterns. They define the Milan metropolitan area as the Lombard
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region...

 provinces of Milan
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan.It has an area of 1,620 km², and a total population of 3,116,576. There are 139 comuni in the province....

, Bergamo
Province of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,022,428 , an area of 2,723 square km, and contains 244 comuni...

, Como
Province of Como
The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West. The city of Como is...

, Lecco
Province of Lecco
The Province of Lecco is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km² divided in 90 communes . As of May 31, 2005, the main communes by population are:-External links:*

...

, Lodi
Province of Lodi
The Province of Lodi is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lodi.It has an area of 782 km², and a total population of 209,874 . There are 61 comuni in the province . As of May 31, 2005, the main comuni by population are:- External links :

...

, Monza and Brianza, Pavia
Province of Pavia
The Province of Pavia is a province in the region of Lombardy in Italy. City of Pavia is the capital.It has an area of 2,965 km², and a total population of 493,829 . There are 190 communes in the province...

, Varese
Province of Varese
The Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese....

 and the Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...

ese Province of Novara
Province of Novara
Novara is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.It has an area of 1,339 km², and a total population of 365.156 . There are 88 communes in the province .-External links:*...

. The overall population under this definition is about 7,400,000 people dispersed over an area of about 12,000 km².

The urban agglomeration physically extends to, and may include, some Swiss territories in southern Canton Ticino, although this is not recognized by OECD.

Composition



The Milan metropolitan area includes the whole province of Milan
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan.It has an area of 1,620 km², and a total population of 3,116,576. There are 139 comuni in the province....

 and province of Monza e Brianza
Province of Monza e Brianza
The Province of Monza and of Brianza is a province of Lombardy, Italy. It was officially created on May 12, 2004, but became effective with the elections of 6/7 June 2009.It has an area of 363.82 km² and a population of 783,749.The capital and most important commune is...

, 49 municipalities in province of Varese
Province of Varese
The Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese....

, 43 municipalities in province of Como
Province of Como
The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West. The city of Como is...

 and 45 municipalities in province of lecco
Province of Lecco
The Province of Lecco is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km² divided in 90 communes . As of May 31, 2005, the main communes by population are:-External links:*

...

, in all 248 municipalities, the most important of these by population are Monza
Monza
Monza is a city on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza....

, Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio is a city in the region of Lombardy, in northern Italy, 25 km north of Milan in the province of Varese.The economy of Busto Arsizio is mainly based on industry and commerce.- History :...

 and Sesto San Giovanni
Sesto San Giovanni
Sesto San Giovanni is a city in the Milan metropolitan area, located in the province of Milan, Italy. It is home to the northernmost stop of the Milan metro M1 line...

 as shows the next table.

The total land area of the extended metropolitan area is 2944,53 km² with a population of 4.861.502, the first in Italy by population, the 27% of this coincides with the city of Milan
Milan
Milan in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million...

 (1.308.735). The density of the metropolitan area is 1.651 ab/km² one of the most elevated in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...

.

The metropolitan area is strictly statistical and does not imply any kind of administrative unity or function.
Province Municipality Area
(in km²)
Population (1)
Lombardia
Province of Milan
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan.It has an area of 1,620 km², and a total population of 3,116,576. There are 139 comuni in the province....

 
1.620 3.116.576
Province of Monza e Brianza
Province of Monza e Brianza
The Province of Monza and of Brianza is a province of Lombardy, Italy. It was officially created on May 12, 2004, but became effective with the elections of 6/7 June 2009.It has an area of 363.82 km² and a population of 783,749.The capital and most important commune is...

 
376,80 796.243
Province of Varese
Province of Varese
The Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese....

 
Saronno
Saronno
Saronno is a comune of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Varese. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree in 1960.The place is well known for its apricot kernel biscuits and is also a manufacturing town....

 
10,9 38.221
Caronno Pertusella
Caronno Pertusella
Caronno Pertusella is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
...

 
8,0 14.759
Gerenzano
Gerenzano
Gerenzano is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan and about 25 km southeast of Varese....

 
9,8 10.013
Origgio
Origgio
Origgio is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northwest of Milan and about 30 km southeast of Varese...

 
8,1 7.084
Uboldo
Uboldo
Uboldo is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northwest of Milan and about 25 km southeast of Varese...

 
10,6 10.093
Marnate
Marnate
Marnate is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km south of Varese...

 
4,8 6.676
Castellanza
Castellanza
Castellanza is a town located in the province of Varese, along the boundary of the province of Milan, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. The toponym refers to the castellanze , defensive territorial unities who rose around castels and other strongpoints in the then county of Seprio...

 
6,0 14.475
Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio is a city in the region of Lombardy, in northern Italy, 25 km north of Milan in the province of Varese.The economy of Busto Arsizio is mainly based on industry and commerce.- History :...

 
30,0 80.876
Lonate Pozzolo
Lonate Pozzolo
Lonate Pozzolo is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
...

 
29,0 11.986
Ferno
Ferno
Ferno is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km southwest of Milan and about 90 km south of Varese...

 
8,5 6.805
Cardano al Campo
Cardano al Campo
Cardano al Campo is a town and comune located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.-Twin towns: Stigliano, Italy Zarautz, Spain
...

 
9,0 13.830
Samarate
Samarate
Samarate is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on February 2, 2009.
...

 
15,0 16.259
Gallarate
Gallarate
Gallarate is a city of Lombardy, northern Italy, in the Province of Varese. It has a population of some 50,000.It is the junction of railways to Varese, Laveno and Arona . Some 10 kilometers to the west are the electric works of Vizzola, where 23,000 hp are derived from the river Ticino...

 
20,0 50.279
Casorate Sempione
Casorate Sempione
Casorate Sempione is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Varese...

 
6,9 5.623
Somma Lombardo
Somma Lombardo
Somma Lombardo is a town in the province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on June 16, 1959.Mayor : Guido Colombo
...

 
30,0 17.088
Arsago Seprio
Arsago Seprio
Arsago Seprio is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.Famous for relevant archaeological remains of a Longobard necropolis as well a Romanic church and baptistery from the 9th and 10th Century AD...

 
10,0 4.766
Cassano Magnago
Cassano Magnago
Cassano Magnago is a town in the province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. It is the birthplace of politician Umberto Bossi; cycling champion Ivan Basso lives here....

 
12,0 21.297
Cairate
Cairate
Cairate is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km south of Varese...

 
11,3 7.774
Fagnano Olona
Fagnano Olona
Fagnano Olona is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
...

 
8,6 11.544
Solbiate Olona
Solbiate Olona
Solbiate Olona is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km south of Varese...

 
4,9 5.561
Olgiate Olona
Olgiate Olona
Olgiate Olona is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.The town is bathed by the river Olona. The nearest city to Olgiate Olona is Busto Arsizio is which is 3 km far....

 
7,0 11.885
Gorla Minore
Gorla Minore
The municipality of Gorla Minore contains the frazione Prospiano.Gorla Minore borders the following municipalities: Cislago, Gorla Maggiore, Marnate, Mozzate, Olgiate Olona, Rescaldina, Solbiate Olona.-External links:*
...

 
7,9 8.226
Gorla Maggiore
Gorla Maggiore
Gorla Maggiore is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km southeast of Varese...

 
5,3 5.071
Tradate
Tradate
Tradate is a city located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. It is located 15 km from the city of Varese , and according to the 2004 census Tradate's population was 16,259. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on January 28,...

 
21 17.328
Cislago
Cislago
Cislago is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km southeast of Varese...

 
10 9.732
Vergiate
Vergiate
Vergiate is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Varese...

 
21,61 8.833
Carnago
Carnago
Carnago is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 11 km south of Varese...

 
6 6.154
Albizzate
Albizzate
Albizzate is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
...

 
3 5.034
Besnate
Besnate
-External links:*...

 
7,68 5.256
Cavaria con Premezzo
Cavaria con Premezzo
Cavaria con Premezzo is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 13 km south of Varese...

 
3,23 5.342
Jerago con Orago
Jerago con Orago
Jerago con Orago is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 13 km south of Varese. It is formed by two main centres of Orago and Jerago , both having a 13th century castle....

 
4 5.035
Oggiona con Santo Stefano
Oggiona con Santo Stefano
Oggiona con Santo Stefano is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 11 km south of Varese...

 
2 4.375
Angera
Angera
Angera is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. In Roman times, under the name of Angleria, it was an important lake port and road station. Angera received the title of city by Duke Ludovico il Moro of October 7, 1497. Today its major feature is the...

 
17 5.679
Lonate Ceppino
Lonate Ceppino
Lonate Ceppino is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northwest of Milan and about 13 km south of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,321 and an area of 4.8 km².Lonate Ceppino borders the following...

 
4 4.788
Solbiate Arno
Solbiate Arno
Solbiate Arno is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 11 km south of Varese...

 
3,01 4.257
Golasecca
Golasecca
Golasecca is a town and commune in the province of Varese, Lombardy .It has given its name to the Golasecca culture, a prehistoric civilization who lived in the Ticino River area from the Bronze Age until the 1st century BC.
...

 
7 2.551
Castelseprio
Castelseprio
Castelseprio was the site of a Roman fort in antiquity, and a significant Lombard town in the early Middle Ages, before being destroyed and abandoned in 1287. It is today preserved as an archaeological park in the modern comune of Castelseprio, near the modern village of the same name...

 
3 1.284
Gornate-Olona
Gornate-Olona
Gornate Olona is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 10 km southeast of Varese...

 
4 2.135
Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona is a town and comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy.
...

 
7 7.890
Vizzola Ticino
Vizzola Ticino
Vizzola Ticino is a village and commune of the province of Varese in Lombardy, Italy. It is on the banks of the Ticino River.
...

 
7 501
Sesto Calende
Sesto Calende
Sesto Calende is a town located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy....

 
23,89 10.629
Taino
Taíno
The Taínos are pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It is believed that the seafaring Taínos are relatives of the Arawakan people of South America...

 
7 3.626
Cadrezzate
Cadrezzate
Cadrezzate is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km northwest of Milan and about 14 km west of Varese...

 
5 1.702
Osmate
Osmate
Osmate is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km northwest of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 550 and an area of 3.4 km²....

 
3 683
Mercallo
Mercallo
Mercallo is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,761 and an area of 5.3 km².Mercallo borders the following municipalities:...

 
5 1.806
Mornago
Mornago
Mornago is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northwest of Milan and about 10 km southwest of Varese...

 
12 4.739
Sumirago
Sumirago
Sumirago is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 10 km southwest of Varese...

 
11 6.147
Marnate
Marnate
Marnate is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km south of Varese...

 
4,8 6.676
Comabbio
Comabbio
Comabbio is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km northwest of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Varese...

 
4 1.146
Province of Como
Province of Como
The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West. The city of Como is...

 
Turate
Turate
Turate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 30 km southeast of Como...

 
10,1 8.759
Rovello Porro
Rovello Porro
Rovello Porro is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km south of Como...

 
5,8 5.860
Cabiate
Cabiate
Cabiate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km north of Milan and about 20 km southeast of Como...

 
3,2 7.213
Mariano Comense
Mariano Comense
Mariano Comense is a town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy. It has c. 25,000 inhabitants and is one of the most important cities of the Brianza. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on February 29, 1996.
...

 
13,7 23.133
Carugo
Carugo
Carugo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 14 km southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,729 and an area of 4.1 km²....

 
4,1 6.144
Arosio
Arosio
Arosio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 15 km southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,521 and an area of 2.7 km²....

 
2,7 4.767
Rovellasca
Rovellasca
Rovellasca is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km south of Como...

 
3,3 7.251
Mozzate
Mozzate
Mozzate is a comune in the southwestern part of the province of Como, Lombardy, northern Italy.It has an area of 10,36 km² and 7,505 inhabitants . The postal code of Mozzate is 22076, and the telephone code is 0331....

 
10 7.879
Locate Varesino
Locate Varesino
Locate Varesino is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como...

 
5 4.180
Carbonate
Carbonate
In chemistry, a carbonate is a salt or ester of carbonic acid, characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion, or a carbonate functional group O=C2....

 
5,17 2.808
Albavilla
Albavilla
Albavilla is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 8 km east of Como.-External links:*
...

 
10,55 6.083
Albese con Cassano
Albese con Cassano
Albese con Cassano is a town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy....

 
8 4.001
Alserio
Alserio
Alserio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 10 km southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,127 and an area of 1.9 km²....

 
1 1.151
Alzate Brianza
Alzate Brianza
Alzate Brianza is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 10 km southeast of Como.-External links:*
...

 
7 5.040
Anzano del Parco
Anzano del Parco
Anzano del Parco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Como...

 
3 1.676
Brenna
Brenna
is a village in and the seat of Gmina Brenna, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, located in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.It is located in the Silesian Beskids mountain range.Karol Holeksa, Polish politician, was born here....

 
4,9 1.920
Cabiate
Cabiate
Cabiate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km north of Milan and about 20 km southeast of Como...

 
3,2 7.213
Cantù
Cantù
Cantù is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.-History:...

 
23,18 37.948
Canzo
Canzo
Canzo or Canz is a town and commune in the province of Como, in Lombardy. It has 5,135 citizens and an area of 11.8 km², with a density of 445 humans/km²...

 
11,8 5.094
Carimate
Carimate
Carimate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan and about 13 km south of Como...

 
5 4.167
Carugo
Carugo
Carugo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 14 km southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,729 and an area of 4.1 km²....

 
4,12 6.144
Caslino d'Erba
Caslino d'Erba
Caslino d'Erba is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 12 km east of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,745 and an area of 7.0 km²....

 
7 1.711
Castelmarte
Castelmarte
Castelmarte is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 12 km east of Como...

 
1 1.312
Cermenate
Cermenate
Cermenate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan and about 13 km south of Como...

 
8,1 8.919
Cucciago
Cucciago
Cucciago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about south of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,205 and an area of 5.0 km²....

 
4 3.373
Erba
Erba
Erba can refer to:* Erba, a town in northern Italy;* Caslino d'Erba, a nearby town;* Lurago d'Erba, another nearby town;* Erba-Odescalchi, a Roman aristocratic family....

 
18,13 16.974
Eupilio
Eupilio
Eupilio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about east of Como...

 
6 2.739
Figino Serenza
Figino Serenza
Figino Serenza is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,842 and an area of 4.9 km²....

 
4 5.070
Fino Mornasco
Fino Mornasco
Fino Mornasco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como...

 
7,26 9.251
Inverigo
Inverigo
Inverigo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como...

 
9 8.741
Lambrugo
Lambrugo
Lambrugo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como...

 
1,92 2.273
Longone al Segrino
Longone al Segrino
Longone al Segrino is a small village between Como and Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy. It is located about north of Milan and about east of Como.It is famous for its beautiful lake, an unusual case of an intact ecosystem....

 
1,53 1.709
Lurago d'Erba
Lurago d'Erba
Lurago d'Erba is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como...

 
5 5.089
Merone
Merone
Merone is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,874 and an area of 3.2 km²....

 
3 4.119
Monguzzo
Monguzzo
Monguzzo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,001 and an area of 3.7 km²....

 
3 2.138
Montorfano
Montorfano
Montorfano is a town and commune in the province of Como, part of Lombardy, in northern Italy. It is situated about south of Como, which is at the southern tip of Lake Como, puse north of Milan. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. The main attractions of Montorfano are its own very small lake and the...

 
3,53 2.713
Novedrate
Novedrate
Novedrate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about south of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,950 and an area of 2.8 km²....

 
2 2.934
Orsenigo
Orsenigo
Orsenigo can refer to:*Cesare Orsenigo , apostolic nuncio in Germany.*Giovanni Battista Orsenigo, an Italian monk and dentist.*Simone da Orsenigo, an Italian architect.*Orsenigo is a town in Italy near Como...

 
4,5 2.730
Ponte Lambro
Ponte Lambro
Ponte Lambro is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 12 km east of Como....

 
3 4.365
Proserpio
Proserpio
Proserpio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 13 km east of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 942 and an area of 2.4 km²...

 
2 922
Pusiano
Pusiano
Pusiano is a comune in the Province of Como, in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan, and about 15 km east of Como. As of 31 December, 2004, it had a population of 1,225, and an area of 3.2 km²....

 
3 1.301
Tavernerio
Tavernerio
Tavernerio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km east of Como...

 
11 5.711
Vertemate con Minoprio
Vertemate con Minoprio
Vertemate con Minoprio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 9 km south of Como.-Main sights:*Abbey of San Giovanni a Vertemate, consecrated in 1096...

 
5,77 3.922
Province of Lecco
Province of Lecco
The Province of Lecco is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km² divided in 90 communes . As of May 31, 2005, the main communes by population are:-External links:*

...

 
Airuno
Airuno
Airuno is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,749 and an area of 4.3 km²....

 
4 2.931
Annone di Brianza
Annone di Brianza
Annone di Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 9 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,045 and an area of 5.8 km²...

 
5 2.199
Barzago
Barzago
Barzago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3,59 2.571
Barzanò
Barzanò
Barzanò is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3,58 5.080
Bosisio Parini
Bosisio Parini
Bosisio Parini is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

 
6,6 3.374
Brivio
Brivio
Brivio is a town and commune in the province of Lecco, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.thumb|250px|left|The Castle of Brivio in a 19th century etching.
...

 
7,92 4.708
Bulciago
Bulciago
Bulciago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3 2.933
Calco
Calco
Calco is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

 
4,62 4.760
Casatenovo
Casatenovo
Casatenovo is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Lecco...

 
12,7 12.380
Cassago Brianza
Cassago Brianza
Cassago Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3 4.350
Castello di Brianza
Castello di Brianza
Castello di Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3,63 2.384
Cernusco Lombardone
Cernusco Lombardone
Cernusco Lombardone is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

 
3 3.859
Cesana Brianza
Cesana Brianza
Cesana Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 9 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3,42 2.288
Civate
Civate
Civate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,898 and an area of 9.1 km²...

 
9,06 3.977
Colle Brianza
Colle Brianza
Colle Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km southwest of Lecco...

 
8 1.693
Costa Masnaga
Costa Masnaga
Costa Masnaga is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco...

 
5 4.679
Cremella
Cremella
Cremella is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco...

 
1,75 1.744
Dolzago
Dolzago
Dolzago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

 
2 2.181
Ello
Ello
Ello is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,202 and an area of 2.4 km²....

 
2,41 1.247
Garbagnate Monastero
Garbagnate Monastero
Garbagnate Monastero is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 12 km southwest of Lecco. As of December 31, 2004, it had a population of 2,309 and an area of 3.5 km².Garbagnate Monastero borders the...

 
3 2.387
Imbersago
Imbersago
Imbersago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

 
3 2.373
Lomagna
Lomagna
Lomagna is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...

 
3 4.532
Merate
Merate
Merate is a municipality of 14,074 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, Lombardy .- History :The name Melatum appeared for the first time in the 4th century; it may be derived from the Greek for black/gloomy/dark because of the presence of woods, or from the Italian for apple : an important fruit...

 
11 14.741
Missaglia
Missaglia
Missaglia is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian Lombardy region, located at the centre of the area known as the Meratese...

 
11 8.282
Molteno
Molteno
Molteno is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3 3.436
Montevecchia
Montevecchia
Montevecchia is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

 
5 2.435
Monticello Brianza
Monticello Brianza
Monticello Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located in Brianza about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco.-External links:*
...

 
4 4.246
Nibionno
Nibionno
Nibionno is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3,6 3.603
Oggiono
Oggiono
Oggiono is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Lecco....

 
7,90 8.527
Olgiate Molgora
Olgiate Molgora
Olgiate Molgora is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km south of Lecco...

 
7,25 6.050
Olginate
Olginate
Olginate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km south of Lecco...

 
7 7.079
Osnago
Osnago
Osnago is a town and comune in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy.
...

 
4,42 4.739
Paderno d'Adda
Paderno d'Adda
Paderno d'Adda is a town and comune in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy.
...

 
3 3.831
Perego
Perego
Perego is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,608 and an area of 4.3 km²....

 
4 1.637
Robbiate
Robbiate
Robbiate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...

 
4 5.803
Rogeno
Rogeno
Rogeno is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco...

 
4,84 3.114
Rovagnate
Rovagnate
Rovagnate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km south of Lecco...

 
4,26 2.891
Santa Maria Hoè
Santa Maria Hoè
Santa Maria Hoè is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,140 and an area of 2.8 km².Santa Maria Hoè borders the following...

 
2,8 2.213
Sirone
Sirone
Sirone is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

 
3 2.295
Sirtori
Sirtori
Sirtori is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco...

 
4 2.896
Suello
Suello
Suello is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,587 and an area of 2.6 km²...

 
2 1.592
Valgreghentino
Valgreghentino
Valgreghentino is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km south of Lecco...

 
6 3.268
Verderio Inferiore
Verderio Inferiore
Verderio Inferiore is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...

 
3 2.828
Verderio Superiore
Verderio Superiore
Verderio Superiore is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...

 
2 2.678
Viganò
Viganò
Viganò is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco...

 
1 1.903
TOTAL 2944,53 4.861.502

Comparison


This table shows the main italian metropolitan areas by population. The Milan metropolitan area is in the first place.
No. Metropolitan area Population
(inhabitants)
Area
(in km²)
Density
(in ab/km²)
Municipalities
1 Milan
Milan metropolitan area
The Milan metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Milan in Lombardy, Italy , the biggest megalopolis in Italy and one of the largest in Europe....

 
4.861.502 2.945 1.651 248
2 Naples
Naples metropolitan area
The Naples metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Naples in Campania, Italy.The total land area of the extended metropolitan area is 2.260 km² with a population of 4.405.832, the second in Italy by population, the 22% of this coincides with the city of Naples...

 
4.405.832 2.260 1.950 171
3 Rome
Rome metropolitan area
The Rome metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Rome, the italian capital, in Lazio, Italy.The total land area of the extended metropolitan area is 3.089,24 km² with a population of 3.693.124, the third in Italy by population, the 69% of this coincides with the...

 
3.693.124 3.089 1.195 40
4 Turin
Turin metropolitan area
The Turin metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy. It is defined statistically and does not correspond to a single area of local government...

 
1.704.102 1.127 1.512 53

See also

  • Milan
    Milan
    Milan in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million...

  • Larger Urban Zones (LUZ) in the European Union
  • Largest European metropolitan areas
    Largest European metropolitan areas
    __FORCETOC__This is a list of metropolitan areas in Europe, with their population according to five different sources. The list includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million....

  • Metropolitan area
    Metropolitan area
    A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central cities and their zone of influence...

  • Lombardy
    Lombardy
    Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region...