Metropolitan City of Milan

The Metropolitan City of Milan is a metropolitan city (not to be confused with the metropolitan area) in the region of Lombardy in Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. With a population of 3,253,111, it is the second most populous metropolitan city in the nation after the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. It replaced the province of Milan and includes the city of Milan and 132 other municipalities. 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 1 January 2015. The Metropolitan City of Milan is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (consiglio metropolitano). Since June 2016 Giuseppe Sala, as mayor of the capital city, has been the mayor of the Metropolitan City.