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 | Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardia Milan Cinisello Balsamo Legnano Lissone Monza Rho Rozzano San Giuliano Milanese Segrate Seregno Sesto San Giovanni Trezzano Sul Naviglio Vimercate Le Marche Molise Piemonte Puglia Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Trentino Alto Adige Umbria Valle D Aosta Veneto | | MilanItaly > Lombardia > MilanMilan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. The city proper has about 1.3 million inhabitants (2004), but when including the surrounding metropolitan area the population of the conurbation totals more than 4.5 million, and the Commuting Basin (Greater Milan, more than 70 km large and 60 km wide) totals about 7.5 million (the fourth most populated European metropolitan area after London, Paris and the Ruhr area). Milan is the capital of Lombardy and the economic-financial capital of Italy. Milan's name has for many centuries been recorded as Mailand, which is still the German name of the city today. It comes from the Celtic Mid-lan (meaning "in the middle of the plain") and was known as Mediolanum by the Romans. Its province lies in the western part of Lombardy; it covers an area of 1,982 km2 and has a population of 3,707,210 (2001 census); in 1991, the population was 3,738,685. The province comprises 188 communes, ranging in population (2001) from Milan Municipality (1,256,211) to Nosate (638); the city of Milan has lost 113,084 inhabitants (8.3 percent), from 1991 to 2001. The current mayor of Milan is Gabriele Albertini. The town is famous for fashion firms and shops (via Montenapoleone) and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele on the Piazza Duomo, reputed to be the world's oldest shopping mall. Milan is one of the world capitals of fashion, like New York City or Paris. Another famed product of the city is the traditional Christmas sweet cake called Panettone. Milan and Lombardy are candidates for the Summer Olympic Games of 2016. Pages referring to MilanHere are links to a selection of pages that mention Milan within this website: Bergamo, Brescia, Garda, Lecco, Legnano, Lombardia, Novara, Thiene, Turin, Varese, Vicenza Content Referred to by This ArticleFind out more about the information contained in this article by clicking one of the links listed below. Lombardia Snippets of Articles Relating to MilanItaly > Lombardia > Milan > Legnano Legnano is a city in northern Italy, northwest of Milan, with a population of roughly 53,000. Its coat of arms' color are light earth brown, white with a red-colored tree and red with a white lion. Its leaves is colored at the range of grey, brown and black. Its color of the crown is dark gole. Italy > Lombardia > Milan > Monza Monza (locally 'Munscia') is a city of approximately 120,000 in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. It is the third largest city of Lombardy and the most important economical, industrial and administrative centre of the Brianza sub-region, supporting a textile industry and a publishing trade, but its international fame comes from the Autodromo Nazionale Monza racing circuit, home to the Italian Grand Prix, and the Scuderia Ferrari team, and previously the Alfa Romeo team. Italy > Lombardia Lombardy (in Italian Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po Valley. Lombardy borders the regions of Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, and the country of Switzerland. Lombardy's capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy, and its capital (Milan) is the fourth largest conurbation in Europe with more than 6.5 million inhabitants. | |
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