| Opera Òvera (Lombard) | ||
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Opera | ||
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  Opera Location of Opera in Italy | ||
| Coordinates: 45°23′N9°13′E / 45.383°N 9.217°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Lombardy | |
| Metropolitan city | Milan (MI) | |
| Frazioni | Noverasco | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ettore Fusco | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7.6 km2 (2.9 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 99 m (325 ft) | |
| Population (30 November 2014) [1] | ||
| • Total | 13,880 | |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Operesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 20090 | |
| Dialing code | 02 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Opera (Milanese: Òvera [ˈɔʋera] ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of Milan.
The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.
The Metropolitan City of Milan is a metropolitan city in the Lombardy region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. It replaced the Province of Milan and includes the city of Milan and other 133 municipalities or communes (comuni). It was first created by the reform of local authorities and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since January 1, 2015.
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Italian Alps and sorrounded by several islands. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean sea and traversed along its lenght by the Apennines, Italy has a largely temperate seasonal climate. The country covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares open land borders with France, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian sea (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the fourth-most populous member state of the European Union.
Opera borders the following municipalities: Locate di Triulzi, Milan, Pieve Emanuele, Rozzano, San Donato Milanese. It is home to the early 13th century Abbey of Mirasole.
Locate di Triulzi is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) southeast of Milan.
Milan is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,372,810 while its metropolitan city has a population of 3,245,308. Its continuously built-up urban area has a population estimated to be about 5,270,000 over 1,891 square kilometres. The wider Milan metropolitan area, known as Greater Milan, is a polycentric metropolitan region that extends over central Lombardy and eastern Piedmont and which counts an estimated total population of 7.5 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and the 54th largest in the world. Milan served as capital of the Western Roman Empire from 286 to 402 and the Duchy of Milan during the medieval period and early modern age.
Pieve Emanuele is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Milan, and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Pavia.
