In
Milan, we enjoy tree lined streets, a charming historic downtown, beautiful parks, safe neighborhoods and great schools. These are just the first impressions of what makes the
City of Milan the best city for anyone looking for a great community to buy a home, open a business, raise a family and pursue a wonderful small town life experience.
For those who live, work and own businesses in Milan, they most often say that it is the people here that make the experience so special
. In the City of Milan, everyone is your neighbor, and we are proud of our welcoming tradition.
In Milan you'll find shops, restaurants, and services. We have affordable housing, and many wonderful community events, including parades, car shows, movies & concerts in the park and an extremely energetic and vital
Senior Community Center. Moreover, Milan boasts
200 acres of beautifully maintained parks to wander through and play.
The City of Milan is a short drive from world renowned cultural, academic, and sports attractions in
Ann Arbor as well as both
Detroit and
Toledo.
The City of Milan was named the “unsung” jewel of
Washtenaw County by the
Ann Arbor News. We provide big city services with a hometown atmosphere.
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.[4] 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,[
5][6][7][8] 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.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11][need quotation to verify] In post-war years the city enjoyed a prolonged economic boom, attracting large flows of workers from
Southern Italy.[12] 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]
Milan is the main industrial, commercial, and financial centre of Italy and a leading global city.[13] Its business district hosts the
Borsa Italiana (Italy's main stock exchange) and the headquarters of the largest national banks and companies. The city is a major world fashion[14] and design[15] capital. Milan's museums, theatres and landmarks (including the
Milan Cathedral, the fifth-largest cathedral in the world, and
Santa Maria delle Grazie, decorated with
Leonardo da Vinci paintings such as
The Last Supper, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site) attract over 8 million visitors annually.[16] The city hosts numerous cultural institutions and universities, with 185,000 enrolled students in 2011, i.e. 11 percent of the national total.[17] The city is also well known for several international events and fairs, including
Milan Fashion Week and the
Milan Furniture Fair, the largest of its kind in the world,[18] and hosts for the second time an
Universal Exposition, the
Expo 2015, in 2015. Milan is home to two of the world's major football teams,
A.C. Milan and
F.C. Internazionale Milano.
- published: 16 Sep 2015
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