Milan metropolitan area

The Milan metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as "Greater Milan" (It:Grande Milano), is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Milan, Italy. The metropolitan area is strictly statistical and does not imply any kind of administrative unity or function.The spatial expansion of the metropolitan area has greatly accelerated over recent decades. The growth of the many settlements around the core of Milan since the 1960s have defined the extent and pattern of the metropolitan area, and commuting flows suggest that socioeconomic linkages have expanded beyond the boundaries of the Province of Milan. A single, large and increasingly widespread conurbation with the city of Milan at its hub defines metropolitan Milan; however, the extent of the metropolitan area can vary greatly depending on the defining source.
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