Metropolitan City of Milan

The Metropolitan City of Milan (città metropolitana di Milano; cittaa metropolitana de Milan, ) is a metropolitan city (not to be confused with the metropolitan area) in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is the second most populous metropolitan city in the nation after the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. Its capital is the city of Milan. It replaced the province of Milan and includes the city of Milan and 132 other comuni (: comune). 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.

Metropolitan Council
The new Metro municipalities, giving large urban areas the administrative powers of a province, are conceived for improving the performance of local administrations and to slash local spending by better coordinating the municipalities in providing basic services (including transport, school and social programs) and environment protection. In this policy framework, the Mayor of Milan is designated to exercise the functions of Metropolitan mayor, presiding over a Metropolitan Council. The Council consists of mayors and city councillors of each comune in the Metropolitan City elected from amongst themselves using partially open list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Metropolitan councillors are elected at-large for five-year terms; votes for metropolitan councillors are weighted by grouping comunes of a certain population range into nine groups so that votes of the mayors and city councillors of the more populous groups are worth than those of less populous groups.

The first Metropolitan Council of the City was elected on 28 September 2014. The current Metropolitan Council of the City (2021–2026) was elected on 19 December 2021:

The Metropolitan Council is seated at Palazzo Isimbardi, located in Milan.

Administrative divisions
The most-populous municipalities within the Metropolitan City are:



Transport


Milan metropolitan area is one of Europe's key transport nodes and one of Italy's most important railway hubs. Its five major railway stations, among which the Milan Central station, are among Italy's busiest.

The Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM) operates within the metropolitan area, managing a public transport network consisting of an underground rapid transit network and tram, trolley-bus and bus lines. Overall the network covers nearly 1400 km reaching 86 municipalities. Besides public transport, ATM manages the interchange parking lots and other transportation services including bike sharing and car sharing systems.

Milan Metro is the rapid transit system serving the city, with 5 lines and a total length of more than 90 km. The Milan suburban railway service comprises 10 lines and connects the metropolitan area with the city centre through the Milan Passerby underground railway. Commonly referred to as "Il Passante", it has a train running every 6 minutes (and in the city functions as a subway line with full transferability to the Milan Metro).

The city tram network consists of approximately 160 km of track and 17 lines. Bus lines cover over 1070 km. Milan has also taxi services operated by private companies and licensed by the City council of Milan. The city is also a key node for the national road network, being served by all the major highways of Northern Italy.

The Milan metropolitan area is served by three international airports. Malpensa International Airport, the second busiest in Italy (about 29 million passengers in 2022), is 45 km from central Milan and connected to the city by the Malpensa Express railway service. Linate Airport, which lies within the city limits and served over 9 million passengers in 2010, and Orio al Serio Airport (60 km from central Milan), are mainly used for domestic and short-haul international flights. Parma and Bresso are also used for general aviation flights.