Metropolitan City of Naples


The Metropolitan City of Naples is an Italian Metropolitan City in Campania region, established on January 1, 2015. Its capital city is Naples; within the city there are 92 comune .
It was first created by the reform of local authorities and established by the Law 56/2014, thus replacing the Province of Naples in 2015.
The Metropolitan City of Naples is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor and by the Metropolitan Council. Since 1 January 2015 its head is Luigi de Magistris, as mayor of the capital city.

Demography and territory

The city is 96th out of 110 Italian provinces and metropolitan cities by landmass, with an area that is smaller than the core comune of Rome. Naples is however, Italy's third largest metropolitan city by population, making it one of the most densely populated areas in Europe; the metropolitan region also includes the municipality of Casavatore, the highest-density municipality in Italy. While it contains more than half of Campania's population, it only occupies 8.6% of Campania's landmass, creating a strong demographic and territorial imbalance with the other four provinces in Campania.
Municipalities in the Metropolitan City vary in size, ranging from 1.62 km2 to 117.27 km2 ; 60% of the municipalities are small, 36% of medium-sized, the rest more than 25 km2 and, of this, only two municipalities are between 50 and 100 km2 and only the municipality of Naples exceeds 100 km2.
Because of its proximity to Vesuvius and Phlegraean Fields, the city is vulnerable to seismic and volcanic activity.

Largest municipalities

RankCityPopulationArea
Density
Altitude
1stNaples959,062117,2717
2ndGiugliano in Campania118,82194.1997
3rdTorre del Greco87,57530.6643
4thPozzuoli83,41243.2128
5thCasoria79,54212.0360
6thCastellammare di Stabia64,55317.716
7thAfragola63,93517.9943
8thAcerra59,48354.0826
9thMarano di Napoli59,47015.45151
10thErcolano54,70719.6444
11thPortici53,8884.1229

Government

List of Metropolitan Mayors of Naples

Metropolitan Council

Metropolitan Cities give large urban areas the administrative powers of a province, a system designed to improve local administration, create efficiency in spending, and better coordinate basic services and environment protection. The Mayor of Naples thus also has powers as Metropolitan Mayor, presiding over a Metropolitan Council formed by 24 mayors of municipalities within the Metropolitan City.
The first Metropolitan Council of the City was elected on 28 September 2014.