Padua metropolitan area

The Padua metropolitan area, located inVeneto, Italy, is the urban agglomeration surrounding the city of Padua.

Established as the metropolitan conference of Padua (Act No. 37, 25 March, 2003), It is not  yet recognised by the Italian Republic as one of the città metropolitane (metropolitan cities) that will be instituted to replace province.

Nevertheless It is considered a significant parts of the Venetian metropolitan area around Venice.

Metropolitan area
The Paduan metropolitan area is composed of the city of Padua and 15 towns from the Province of Padua, and one town from the Province of Venice, for a total of 394,011 inhabitants at the 2001 census, on a surface of 375.94 km2, as shown in the following table (all data are referred to 2001 census):