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www.ilovetravelling.co bring to you "Milano" redirects here. For other uses, see Milano (disambiguation) and Milan (disambiguation). Milan Milano Comune From top, clockwise: Porta Nuova Business District, Milan Cathedral, San Siro Stadium, Parco Sempione with the Arch of Peace in the background, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II From top, clockwise: Porta Nuova Business District, Milan Cathedral, San Siro Stadium, Parco Sempione with the Arch of Peace in the background, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Flag of Milan Flag Coat of arms of Milan Coat of arms Nickname(s): The Moral Capital of Italy[1] Milan is located in Italy Milan Milan Location of Milan in Italy Coordinates: 45°28′N 09°11′ECoordinates: 45°28′N 09°11′E Country Italy Region Flag of Lombardy.svg Lombardy Province Flag of Milan Province.png Metro City of Milan Settlement of the Golasecca culture As Mediolanum 222 BC - Roman Republic Government • Mayor Giuliano Pisapia (SEL) Area • Total 181.76 km2 (70.18 sq mi) Elevation 120 m (390 ft) Population (February 2015)[2] • Total City 1,338,264 Metro 3,198,031 Demonym Milanese Time zone CET (UTC+1) • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 20100, 20121–20162 Dialing code 02 Patron saint Ambrose Saint day 7 December Website comune.milano.it Milan (English /mɨˈlæn/ mə-LAN; Italian: Milano [miˈlaːno] ( listen); Milanese: Milan [miˈlaŋ]), the second-most populous city in Italy, serves as the capital of Lombardy. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area (the 5th-largest in the EU) comprises an estimated 5,264,000 people.[3] The massive suburban sprawl that followed the post-war boom of the 1950s–1960s and the growth of a vast commuter belt suggest that socioeconomic linkages have expanded well beyond the boundaries of its administrative limits and its agglomeration, creating a polycentric metropolitan area of 7 to 10 million people,[4][5][6][7] stretching over the provinces of Milan, Bergamo, Como, Lecco, Lodi, Monza and Brianza, Pavia, Varese and Novara. The Milan metropolitan region is part of the so-called Blue Banana, the area of Europe with the highest population and industrial density. In terms of GDP, Milan has the third largest economy among EU cities and the largest among European non-capital cities.[8] Milan was founded by the Insubres, a Celtic people. The Romans later conquered the city, which they knew as Mediolanum, and which eventually became the capital (286 - 402 CE) of the Western Roman Empire. During the Middle Ages, Milan flourished as a commercial and banking center.[9] In the course of the following centuries, it had been alternatively dominated by France, Habsburg Spain, and Austria, until 1859 when the city joined the rising Kingdom of Italy. During the early 1900s, Milan led the industrialization process of the young nation, being at the very center of the economic, social, and political debate. Badly affected by World War II, and suffering a harsh Nazi occupation, the city became the main centre of the Italian Resistance.[10][need quotation to verify] In post-war years the city enjoyed a prolonged economic boom, attracting large flows of workers from Southern Italy.[11] During recent decades Milan has seen a huge rise in the number of international immigrants, and as of 2011 more than one sixth of its population was foreign born.[2]