Metropolitan City of Venice | |
|---|---|
 The city of Venice | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of the Metropolitan City of Venice | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Established | 1 January 2015 |
| Capital(s) | Venice |
| Comuni | 44 |
| Government | |
| • Metropolitan Mayor | Luigi Brugnaro (CI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,467 km2 (953 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 853,761 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €25.887 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €30,208 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISTAT | 227[2] |
| Website | Metropolitan City of Venice |
The Metropolitan City of Venice (Italian: città metropolitana di Venezia) is a metropolitan city in the Veneto region of Italy, one of ten metropolitan cities in Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice. It replaced the province of Venice in 2015[3] and includes the city of Venice and 43 comuni (sg.: comune). It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by Law 56/2014.
The Metropolitan City of Venice is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (sindaco metropolitano) and the Metropolitan Council (consiglio metropolitano). Since 15 June 2015, as the new mayor of the capital city, Luigi Brugnaro is the first mayor of the metropolitan city.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 740,450 | — |
| 1961 | 749,173 | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 807,251 | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 838,794 | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 820,052 | −2.2% |
| 2001 | 809,586 | −1.3% |
| 2011 | 846,962 | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 836,916 | −1.2% |
| Source: ISTAT | ||
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017". www.istat.it (in Italian). 23 December 2016.
- ^ "CITTA' METROPOLITANA DI VENEZIA". verso.cittametropolitana.venezia.it.