Naples metropolitan area
The Naples metropolitan area (Italian: Area metropolitana di Napoli) is a metropolitan area in Campania, Italy, centered on the city of Naples.
Naples metropolitan area Area metropolitana di Napoli | |
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Country | Italy |
Region | Campania |
Core city | Naples |
Area | |
• Metro | 1,130 km2 (690 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Metro | 4,250,000[1] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
GDP | 2005 |
Nominal | $43 billion[2] (only urban area) |
Overview
Naples urban area and metropolitan area is the second most populous in Italy, after Milan. According to European Spatial Planning Observation Network, in 2007 the Naples polycentric metropolitan area had a population of 3,714,000.[3] More recent evaluations have put the population of the urban agglomeration encompassing Naples at between 3,700,000 and 4,250,000.[4][1] This makes the area the 10th-most populous urban area in the European Union. According to Associazione per lo sviluppo dell'industria nel Mezzogiorno (SVIMEZ), Naples metropolitan area has a population of 4,434,136 on area of 2,300 km².[5]
Composition
The Naples metropolitan area includes the whole metropolitan city of Naples, 35 municipalities in province of Caserta, 10 municipalities in province of Avellino and 34 municipalities in province of Salerno, in all 171 municipalities, Naples metropolitan area - SVIMEZ the most important of these by population are Salerno, Giugliano in Campania, Torre del Greco, Pozzuoli, Casoria e Caserta, as shows the next table. In reality the metro area is much bigger, but political agreements were made that left it as is currently, and the real estimated population is about 6.8 million.
Naples metropolitan area - SVIMEZ
- (2) - it:Area metropolitana di Napoli
- (3) - ISTAT data
- (4) - es:Grande Napoli
References
- "Principal Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation. January 2017.
- "City Mayors reviews the richest cities in the world in 2005". Citymayors.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- "ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions, Final Report" (PDF). European Spatial Planning Observation Network. p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011.
- "Demographia: World Urban Areas, 13th Annual Edition: 2017:04" (PDF).
- Documenti e Studi per una definizione dell'area Metropolitana di Napoli - Arch. Domenico Smarrazzo - areadi Napoli, 1997
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