The 14 metropolitan cities of Italy (Italian: città metropolitane d'Italia) are administrative divisions of Italy, operative since 2015, which are a special type of province. The metropolitan city, as defined by law, includes a large core city and the smaller surrounding towns that are closely related to it with regard to economic activities and essential public services, as well as to cultural relations and to territorial features.
Metropolitan cities of Italy before the 2016 Sardinian provincial reform
On 3 April 2014 the Italian Parliament approved a law that established ten metropolitan cities in Italy,[3] excluding the autonomous regions. Five more were added later. The new metropolitan cities (except Sassari, which ceased to exist in 2016 after being merged with the province of Olbia-Tempio to form the province of Sassari) have been operative since 1 January 2015.
Governmentedit
A metropolitan city is composed of a central city, which serves as the seat of government, and its surrounding municipalities (comuni). Each metropolitan city is headed by a metropolitan mayor (sindaco metropolitano), who is assisted by a legislative body, the metropolitan council (consiglio metropolitano), and by a non-legislative assembly, the metropolitan conference (conferenza metropolitana).[4]
The metropolitan mayor is the chief executive and administrative officer of the city. The mayor represents, convenes and chairs meetings of the metropolitan council, administers city offices, supervises the functioning of city services, and prepares the city's budget.[4] The mayor of the provincial capital comune automatically becomes the metropolitan mayor.[4]
The metropolitan council is the chief legislative body of the metropolitan city. It proposes laws and amendments to the metropolitan conference, and approves programs, regulations and rules submitted to it by the metropolitan mayor such as the budget.[4] The council consists of mayors and city councillors of each commune in the metropolitan city elected from amongst themselves using partially open listproportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method.[4] 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.[4] The number of councillors a metropolitan city is granted depends upon its population: metropolitan cities with a population of 3 million or more have 24 councillors; metropolitan cities with a population of 800,000 but less than or equal to 3 million have 18 councillors; all other metropolitan cities have 14 councillors.[4]
The metropolitan conference adopts or rejects laws and amendments approved by the metropolitan council. It is the ultimate approving body of the city's budget.[4] Actions in the conference require votes of at least two-thirds of comunes in the metropolitan city and the majority of overall resident population. The conference is composed of all mayors of the communes within the metropolitan city.[4][5]
Functionsedit
Metropolitan cities carry out the basic functions of a province, principally:[4]
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The 14 metropolitan cities of Italy Italian citta metropolitane d Italia are administrative divisions of Italy operative since 2015 which are a special type of province The metropolitan city as defined by law includes a large core city and the smaller surrounding towns that are closely related to it with regard to economic activities and essential public services as well as to cultural relations and to territorial features Metropolitan cities of Italy before the 2016 Sardinian provincial reform Contents 1 History 2 Government 3 Functions 4 Metropolitan cities 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe original 1990 law defined as metropolitan cities the comuni of Turin Milan Venice Genoa Bologna Florence Rome Bari Naples and their respective hinterlands reserving the autonomous regions the right to individuate metropolitan areas in their territory 1 In 2009 amendments added Reggio Calabria to the list 2 The metropolitan areas defined by the autonomous regions were Cagliari and Sassari in Sardinia Catania Messina and Palermo in Sicily On 3 April 2014 the Italian Parliament approved a law that established ten metropolitan cities in Italy 3 excluding the autonomous regions Five more were added later The new metropolitan cities except Sassari which ceased to exist in 2016 after being merged with the province of Olbia Tempio to form the province of Sassari have been operative since 1 January 2015 Government editA metropolitan city is composed of a central city which serves as the seat of government and its surrounding municipalities comuni Each metropolitan city is headed by a metropolitan mayor sindaco metropolitano who is assisted by a legislative body the metropolitan council consiglio metropolitano and by a non legislative assembly the metropolitan conference conferenza metropolitana 4 The metropolitan mayor is the chief executive and administrative officer of the city The mayor represents convenes and chairs meetings of the metropolitan council administers city offices supervises the functioning of city services and prepares the city s budget 4 The mayor of the provincial capital comune automatically becomes the metropolitan mayor 4 The metropolitan council is the chief legislative body of the metropolitan city It proposes laws and amendments to the metropolitan conference and approves programs regulations and rules submitted to it by the metropolitan mayor such as the budget 4 The council consists of mayors and city councillors of each commune in the metropolitan city elected from amongst themselves using partially open list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D Hondt method 4 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 4 The number of councillors a metropolitan city is granted depends upon its population metropolitan cities with a population of 3 million or more have 24 councillors metropolitan cities with a population of 800 000 but less than or equal to 3 million have 18 councillors all other metropolitan cities have 14 councillors 4 The metropolitan conference adopts or rejects laws and amendments approved by the metropolitan council It is the ultimate approving body of the city s budget 4 Actions in the conference require votes of at least two thirds of comunes in the metropolitan city and the majority of overall resident population The conference is composed of all mayors of the communes within the metropolitan city 4 5 Functions editMetropolitan cities carry out the basic functions of a province principally 4 Local planning and zoning Provision of local police services Transport and city services coordinationMetropolitan cities editMetropolitan city Area km Population May 2020 Population Density km2 Operative since MayorRome Roma 5 352 km2 2 066 sq mi 4 323 664 811 1 January 2015 Roberto Gualtieri PD Milan Milano 1 575 km2 608 sq mi 3 274 499 2 064 1 January 2015 Giuseppe Sala Ind Naples Napoli 1 171 km2 452 sq mi 3 076 675 2 634 1 January 2015 Gaetano Manfredi Ind Turin Torino 6 827 km2 2 636 sq mi 2 246 423 329 1 January 2015 Stefano Lo Russo PD Palermo 5 009 km2 1 934 sq mi 1 245 826 250 4 August 2015 Roberto Lagalla UDC Bari 3 821 km2 1 475 sq mi 1 222 171 328 1 January 2015 Antonio Decaro PD Catania 3 574 km2 1 380 sq mi 1 101 463 310 4 August 2015 Salvo Pogliese FdI Bologna 3 702 km2 1 429 sq mi 1 017 225 274 1 January 2015 Matteo Lepore PD Florence Firenze 3 514 km2 1 357 sq mi 1 000 111 288 1 January 2015 Dario Nardella PD Venice Venezia 2 462 km2 951 sq mi 849 173 347 1 January 2015 Luigi Brugnaro Ind Genoa Genova 1 839 km2 710 sq mi 831 786 457 1 January 2015 Marco Bucci Ind Messina 3 266 km2 1 261 sq mi 618 459 192 4 August 2015 Federico Basile Ind Reggio Calabria 3 183 km2 1 229 sq mi 539 079 172 31 January 2016 Giuseppe Falcomata PD Cagliari 1 248 km2 482 sq mi 429 667 345 1 January 2017 Paolo Truzzu FdI See also edit nbsp Politics portal nbsp Italy portalRegions of Italy Provinces of Italy List of cities in Italy Municipalities of ItalyReferences edit http www edscuola it archivio norme leggi l142 90 html Law 8 June 1990 n 142 Law 5 May 2009 n 42 Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Addio alle vecchie Province e legge il DDL Delrio Forza Italia e un golpe a b c d e f g h i j LEGGE 7 aprile 2014 n 56 PDF ponmetro it Pon Metro Retrieved 13 August 2019 Citta metropolitane I nuovi organi External links edit nbsp Media related to Metropolitan cities of Italy at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Metropolitan cities of Italy amp oldid 1177470856, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
