Metropolitan City of Naples

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Not to be confused with Naples metropolitan area.

Metropolitan City in Campania, Italy

Metropolitan City of Naples
Metropolitan City
Aerial view of the Metropolitan City of Naples
Coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Established	1 January 2015
Capital(s)	Naples
Comuni	92
Government
• Mayor	Luigi de Magistris
Area
• Total	1,171 km2 (452 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	3,128,700 (4,500,000)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISTAT	263 [1]
Website	www.cittametropolitana.na.it

The Metropolitan City of Naples (Italian: Città metropolitana di Napoli) is an Italian Metropolitan City in Campania region, established on January 1, 2015. Its capital city is Naples; within the city there are 92 comune (municipalities).^[2][3]
It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and established by the Law 56/2014, thus replacing the Province of Naples in 2015.

The Metropolitan City of Naples is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (Sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (Consiglio metropolitano). Since 1 January 2015 its head is Luigi de Magistris, as mayor of the capital city.

Contents

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  1 Demography and territory
  


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  2 Largest municipalities
  


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  3 Metropolitan Council
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Demography and territory

Main article: Naples metropolitan area

Location of the Metropolitan City in Campania region

Due to the presence of Vesuvius and Phlegraean Fields, the city is vulnerable to seismic and volcanic activity.

The city is 96th out of 110 Italian provinces and metropolitan cities by landmass, with an area (1,171 km² including islands) that is smaller than the core comune of Rome (1,287 km²).^[4] Naples is nevertheless Italy's 3rd largest city by population, making it one of the most densely populated areas in Europe; the metropolitan region also includes the municipality of Casavatore, the highest-density municipality in Italy (at 12,000 inhabitants/km²). While it contains more than half of Campania's population, it only occupies 8.6% of Campania's landmass (13,590 km²), creating a strong demographic and territorial imbalance with the other four provinces in Campania.

Municipalities (comune) in the Metropolitan City vary in size, ranging from 1.62 km² (Casavatore) to 117.27 km² (Naples); 60% of the municipalities are small (less than or equal to 10 km²), 36% of medium-sized (> 10 km² and ≤ 25 km²), the rest (11%) more than 25 km² and, of this, only two municipalities (Acerra and Giugliano) are between 50 and 100 km² and only the municipality of Naples exceeds 100 km².

Largest municipalities

Main article: List of comunes of the Metropolitan City of Naples

Naples urban area

Rank	City	Population	Area (km2)	Density (inhabitants/km2)	Altitude (mslm)
1st	Naples	959,062	117,27	8178.2	17
2nd	Giugliano in Campania	118,821	94.19	1261.5	97
3rd	Torre del Greco	87,575	30.66	2856.3	43
4th	Pozzuoli	83,412	43.21	1930.4	28
5th	Casoria	79,542	12.03	6612	60
6th	Castellammare di Stabia	64,553	17.71	3645	6
7th	Afragola	63,935	17.99	3553.9	43
8th	Acerra	59,483	54.08	1099.9	26
9th	Marano di Napoli	59,470	15.45	3849.2	151
10th	Ercolano	54,707	19.64	2785.5	44
11th	Portici	53,888	4.12	13079.6	29

Metropolitan Council

Metropolitan Cities give large urban areas the administrative powers of a province, a system designed to improve local administration, create efficiency in spending, and better coordinate basic services (including transport, school and social programs) and environment protection.^[5] The Mayor of Naples thus also has powers as Metropolitan Mayor, presiding over a Metropolitan Council formed by 24 mayors of municipalities (comune) within the Metropolitan City.

The first Metropolitan Council of the City was elected on 28 September 2014.

References

1. 
   ^ codes of metropolitan cities from January 2015 - istat.it
   


2. 
   ^ Craveri, Pietro (February 17, 2015). "Città metropolitana, lo statuto è di là da venire". Retrieved 25 February 2015. 
   


3. 
   ^ Upinet.it Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine.
   


4. 
   ^ The metropolitan city is an historic challenge (page 16)
   


5. 
   ^ Vittorio Ferri (2009). "Metropolitan cities in Italy. An institution of federalism" (PDF). University of Milan-Bicocca. Retrieved 23 May 2011. ^{[dead link]}
   

External links

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