Province of Monza and Brianza explained

Province of Monza and Brianza
Native Name:
Native Name Lang:it
Settlement Type:Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Lombardy
Seat Type:Capital(s)
Seat:Monza
Parts Type:Comuni
Parts Style:para
P1:55
Leader Party:Lega
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Luca Santambrogio
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:405
Population Total:871735
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:[2]
Demographics2 Title1:Total
Demographics2 Info1:€24.901 billion (2015)
Demographics2 Title2:Per capita
Demographics2 Info2:€28,777 (2015)
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:20900, 20811-20886
Area Code Type:Telephone prefix
Area Code:039, 0362, 02
Registration Plate:MB
Blank Name Sec1:ISTAT

The province of Monza and Brianza (Italian: provincia di Monza e della Brianza; label=[[Western Lombard|Monzese]]|provincia de Monscia e de la Brianza) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy.

Description

It was officially created by splitting the north-eastern part from the province of Milan on 12 May 2004, and became executive after the provincial elections of 6 and 7 June 2009. The province had a population of 871,735 (2017) divided in 55 comuni (: comune). It has an area of 405km2, that is one of the smallest provincial territories of Italy and a population of about 0.9 million, with a population density of more than 2,000 people per square kilometre, given by its heavily urbanized territory that is part of the urban area of Milan. The capital and largest commune is Monza (population 123,776 as of 2017), only 15km (09miles) from Milan. The other largest municipalities are Seregno, Desio, Limbiate, Lissone, Vimercate, Cesano Maderno and Brugherio. It borders the provinces of Lecco and Como to the north, the province of Varese to the west, the province of Bergamo to the east and the Metropolitan City of Milan to the south-east.

Most populated settlements

The top ten municipalities in the province of Monza and Brianza sorted by number of inhabitants are:

MunicipalityPopulation
(inhabitants)
Monza123,776
Lissone45,535
Seregno45,189
Desio41,960
Cesano Maderno38,771
Limbiate35,121
Brugherio34,864
Vimercate26,156
Giussano25,916
Muggiò24,428

Comuni

The 55 comuni (municipalities)[3] [4] in the province are:

Government

List of presidents of the province of Monza and Brianza

class=unsortable PresidentTerm startTerm endParty
Dario Allevi8 June 200913 October 2014The People of Freedom
Forza Italia
Pietro Luigi Ponti13 October 201426 June 2017Democratic Party
Roberto Invernizzi25 September 201726 May 2019Democratic Party
Luca Santambrogio27 July 2019IncumbentLega

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Comune di Monza e Brianza, I principali indicatori .
  2. http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)
  3. Comune di Monza e Brianza, I Comuni MB.
  4. Comune di Monza e Brianza, La Provincia MB cresce di 5 comuni .