Naples metropolitan area Area metropolitana di Napoli | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Core city | Naples |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 1,130 km2 (690 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 4,250,000 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| GDP | 2005 |
| Nominal | $43 billion [2] (only urban area) |
The Naples metropolitan area (Italian : Area metropolitana di Napoli), or Greater Naples, is a metropolitan area in Campania, Italy, centered on the city of Naples.
Naples urban area and metropolitan area is the second most populous in Italy, after Milan. According to European Spatial Planning Observation Network, in 2007 the Naples polycentric metropolitan area had a population of 3,714,000. [3] More recent evaluations have put the population of the urban agglomeration encompassing Naples at between 3,700,000 and 5,000,000. [4] [1]
The SVIMEZ claims that the area has a population of 4,434,136 on area of 2300 km2. The CENSIS put the population at 4,996,000. According to the ONU in 2010 the metropolitan area has a population of 5,000,000 [5]
This makes the area the 5th-most populous urban area in the European Union.
The Naples metropolitan area includes the whole metropolitan city of Naples, 35 municipalities in province of Caserta, 10 municipalities in province of Avellino and 34 municipalities in province of Salerno, in all 171 municipalities, Naples metropolitan area - SVIMEZ [ unreliable source? ] the most important of these by population are Salerno, Giugliano in Campania, Torre del Greco, Pozzuoli, Casoria e Caserta, as shows the next table. In reality the metro area is much bigger, but political agreements were made that left it as is currently, and the real estimated population is about 6.8 million.
Naples metropolitan area - SVIMEZ
Campania is an administrative region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri. The capital of the Campania region is Naples. As of 2018, the region had a population of around 5,820,000 people, making it Italy's third most populous region, and, with an area of 13,590 km2 (5,247 sq mi), its most densely populated region. Based on its GDP, Campania is also the most economically productive region in Southern Italy and the 7th most productive in the whole country. Naples' urban area, which is in Campania, is the eighth most populous in the European Union. The region is home to 10 of the 58 UNESCO sites in Italy, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Amalfi Coast, the Longobardian Church of Santa Sofia in Benevento and the Historic Centre of Naples. In addition, Campania's Mount Vesuvius is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Naples is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 30 kilometres. Naples plays also a key international role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.
Salerno is an ancient city and comune (municipality) in Campania, southwestern Italy, and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. In recent history the city hosted Victor Emmanuel III, the King of Italy, who moved from Rome in 1943 after Italy negotiated a peace with the Allies in World War II, making Salerno the capital of the "Government of the South" and therefore provisional government seat for six months. Some of the Allied landings during Operation Avalanche occurred near Salerno.
Frattamaggiore is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Naples and 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Caserta. It was awarded the title of "City of art" in 2008 and named Benedictine city in 1997.
The province of Caserta is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta, situated about 36 kilometres (22 mi) by road north of Naples. The province has an area of 2,651.35 square kilometres (1,023.69 sq mi), and had a total population of 924,414 in 2016. The Palace of Caserta is located near to the city, a former royal residence which was constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It was the largest palace and one of the largest buildings erected in Europe during the 18th century. In 1997, the palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The province of Naples was a province in the Campania region of Italy.
Circumvesuviana is a railway network in the east of the Naples metropolitan area, previously run by a company of the same name, now operated by Ente Autonomo Volturno. Electrically powered throughout, the system uses the narrow gauge of 950 mm and operates 142 km (88 mi) of route on six lines. It is entirely separate from other national and regional railway lines. It has 96 stations with an average interstation distance of 1.5 km (0.9 mi).
Caserta is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. An important agricultural, commercial, and industrial comune and city, Caserta is located 36 kilometres north of Naples on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range. The city is best known for the 18th-century Bourbon Royal Palace of Caserta.
The Naples Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Naples, Campania, Italy and some parts of the adjacent comuni of its metropolitan area through Line 11. The system comprises three underground rapid transit lines.
Calvizzano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 9 km northwest of Naples.
Casalnuovo di Napoli is an Italian comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about 13 kilometres northeast of Naples.
Grumo Nevano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Campania region of Italy, with 17,939 inhabitants.
The Milan metropolitan area, also known as Grande Milano, is the largest metropolitan area in Italy and the 54th largest in the world. It is the largest transnational metropolitan area in the EU. The metropolitan area described in this article is strictly statistical and, contrary to the administrative Metropolitan City of Milan, a provincial-level municipality, does not imply any kind of administrative unity or function.
The Villa Literno–Napoli Gianturco railway is a 16 km-long double track line which connects the line to Rome via Formia with the line to Salerno near Napoli Gianturco station through Naples and its north-western suburbs. This line is used by the metropolitan trains named as line 2.
Aversa railway station serves the town and comune of Aversa, in the region of Campania, southern Italy. Opened in 1867, it forms the junction between the Rome–Formia–Naples railway and the Naples–Foggia railway.
The Metropolitan City of Naples is a metropolitan city in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Naples. The province was established on 1 January 2015 and contains 92 comuni . It was first created by the reform of local authorities and established by Law 56/2014, thus replacing the province of Naples in 2015.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Naples:
Cesina is a toponym of Langobard origin that is used in southern Italy, especially in Campania. It derives from the Latin word caesi and the Latin verb caedere, to which the Langobard suffix -na is added.
Agro atellano is an area of Campania, Italy.
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