Metropolitan City of Florence
Metropolitan City of Florence
Città metropolitana di Firenze (Italian) | |
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Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the Metropolitan City seat | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Map highlighting the location of the province of Florence in Italy | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Created | 1 January 2015 |
| Capital(s) | Florence |
| Comuni | 44 |
| Government | |
| • Metropolitan mayor | Sara Funaro (PD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,514 km2 (1,357 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 989,460 |
| • Density | 281.6/km2 (729.3/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €36.097 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €35,642 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 50100 |
| Telephone prefix | 055, 0571 |
| Vehicle registration | FI |
| ISTAT | 248 |
| Website | cittametropolitana.fi.it |
The Metropolitan City of Florence (Italian: città metropolitana di Firenze) is an administrative division called metropolitan city in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Florence. It replaced the province of Florence. It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since 1 January 2015.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1951 | 804,541 | — |
| 1961 | 867,000 | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 964,761 | +11.3% |
| 1981 | 995,639 | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 967,437 | −2.8% |
| 2001 | 933,860 | −3.5% |
| 2011 | 973,145 | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 987,260 | +1.5% |
| Source: ISTAT | ||