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Milanese duchy

Milan
Milano
Comune
Comune di Milano
City of Milan
Flag of Milan
Flag
Coat of arms of Milan
Coat of arms
Milan is located in Italy
Milan
Milan
Milan is located in Europe
Milan
Milan
Location of Milan in Italy
Coordinates: 45°28′N 09°11′E / 45.467°N 9.183°E / 45.467; 9.183Coordinates: 45°28′N 09°11′E / 45.467°N 9.183°E / 45.467; 9.183
Country Italy
Region Flag of Lombardy.svg Lombardy
Province / Metropolitan city Flag of Milan Province.png Milan
Government
 • Mayor Giuseppe Sala (PD)
Area
 • Total 181.76 km2 (70.18 sq mi)
Elevation 120 m (390 ft)
Population (31 December 2016)
 • Total 1,368,590
 • Density 7,500/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Milanesi o Meneghini
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 20121–20162
Dialing code 02
Patron saint Ambrose
Saint day 7 December
Website Official website
Top nationalities of foreign residents (2015)
Country of birth Population
Philippines Philippines 40,780
Egypt Egypt 35,902
China China 26,886
Peru Albania 19,590
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 16,068
Romania Romania 14,546
Ecuador Ecuador 13,229
Ukraine Ukraine 8,209
Morocco Morocco 8,152
Bangladesh Bangladesh 7,563

Milan (English: /mˈlæn/ or US: /mˈlɑːn/;Italian: Milano [miˈlaːno]; Lombard: Milan [miˈlã] (Milanese variant)) is a city in Italy, capital of the Lombardy region, and the largest metropolitan area and the second most populous comune in Italy. The population of the city proper is 1,369,000, and that of the Metropolitan City of Milan is 3,219,000. According to Eurostat, the commuting area counts 4,252,000 inhabitants but its built-up-urban area (that stretches beyond the boundaries of the Metropolitan City of Milan), has a population estimated to be about 5,270,000 in 1,891 square kilometres (730 square miles), ranking 4th in the European Union. The wider Milan metropolitan area, known as Greater Milan, is a polycentric metropolitan region that comprehends almost every province of Lombardy, the Piedmont province of Novara, and some parts of the province of Piacenza and which counts an estimated population of 8,123,020.


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