Metropolitan city of Florence

Metropolitan City of Florence
Metropolitan City
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the seat of the metropolitan city.
Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Florence in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Created	1 January 2015
Capital(s)	Florence
Comuni	44
Government
• President	Dario Nardella (PD)
Area
• Total	3,514 km2 (1,357 sq mi)
Population (30 June 2015)
• Total	1,012,388
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	n/a
Telephone prefix	n/a
Vehicle registration	FI
ISTAT	048
Website	www.provincia.fi.it

The Metropolitan City of Florence (Italian: Città Metropolitana di Firenze) is a metropolitan city in the Tuscany region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Florence. It replaced the Province of Florence. 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 January 1, 2015.

The Metropolitcan City of Florence is bordered by the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the north, the province of Ravenna in the north-east, the province of Modena in the north-west, and the provinces of Pisa and Lucca in the west., the province of Siena in the south and the province of Arezzo in the east and southeast.

Much of its territory lies in the plain of the Arno river and has thus become an exurban sprawl around the city of Florence. The northeastern part of the metropolitcan city, in the Apennines, remains less developed. Romagna Granducale is the name given to the region lying on the northern slopes of Apennines. Corn, wine and silk are the chief products in the valley regions. Silk manufacturing was an important industry in the medieval times. The well known Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci was born in the village of Anchiano which is a part of the Metropolitican City of Florence. The capital Florence is a well known cultural and a large tourist centre.

The Metropolitan City receives large number of tourists every year.

The capital city Florence has been recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Major tourist attractions of the city are Piazza del Duomo, Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Loggia del Bigallo and Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Ponte Vecchio and many others.