Lombardy

For other uses, see Lombardy (disambiguation).

Lombardy
Lombardia (Italian)
Lombardia (Lombard)[a]
Region
Flag of Lombardy
Flag
Coordinates: 45°35′N 9°55′E / 45.583°N 9.917°E / 45.583; 9.917
CountryItaly Italy
CapitalMilan
Government
 • TypePresident–council
government
 • BodyRegional Cabinet
 • PresidentAttilio Fontana (LN)
 • LegislatureRegional Council
Area
 • Total
23,844 km2 (9,206 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2024)[1]
 • Total
10,020,838
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)English: Lombard
Italian: lombardo (man), lombarda (woman)
Lombard: lombard (man), lombarda (woman)
GDP
[2]
 • Total€440 billion (2022)
 • Per capita€44,000 (2022)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeIT-25
HDI (2022)0.920[3]
very high · 4th of 21
NUTS RegionITC
Websitewww.regione.lombardia.it

Lombardy[b] (Italian: Lombardia;[c] Lombard: Lombardia)[a][d] is an administrative region of Italy that covers 23,844 km2 (9,206 sq mi); it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is located between the Alps mountain range and tributaries of the river Po, and includes Milan, its capital, the largest metropolitan area in the country, and among the largest in the EU.[9]

Its territory is divided into 1,502 comuni (region with the largest number of comuni in the entire national territory[10]), distributed in twelve administrative subdivisions (eleven provinces plus the Metropolitan City of Milan). The region ranks first in Italy in terms of population, population density and number of local authorities, while it is fourth in terms of surface area, after Sicily, Piedmont and Sardinia.[11]

It is the second most populous region of the European Union (EU),[12] and the second region of the European Union by nominal GDP.[2] Lombardy is the first[13] region of Italy in terms of economic importance,[14] contributing to approximately a fifth of the national gross domestic product (GDP).[15][16] Lombardy is a member of the Four Motors for Europe, an international economical organization whose other members are Baden-Württemberg in Germany, Catalonia in Spain, and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. Milan is the economic capital of Italy[17] and is a global financial centre.

Of the fifty-eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy, eleven are in Lombardy, tying it with Castile and León in northwest-central Spain.[18] Virgil, Pliny the Elder, Ambrose, Gerolamo Cardano, Caravaggio, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Stradivari, Cesare Beccaria, Alessandro Volta, and Alessandro Manzoni; and popes John XXIII and Paul VI originated in the area of modern-day Lombardy.


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