Zones of Milan

The 9 boroughs.

The current administrative division of Milan, Italy comprises nine zones (zone di decentramento, "decentralization zones" since 1999; municipi, "municipalities" since 2016) numbered from 1 to 9. The organization was established in 1997, implemented in 1999 and reformed in 2016; prior to that the city was divided in 20 administrative zones.

Borough council

Each borough has a local government called "Consiglio di Municipio" ("municipal council"). The council has 41 members for boroughs exceeding 100,000 inhabitants, and 31 members for smaller boroughs.[1] Each borough has a president.

While the 1997 plan was intended to ascribe several rights and functions to borough councils, this has been largely unattended, so that borough councils have, in practice, little power and few duties.[2] Some of the actual functions of borough councils are:

After the 2016 administrative reform, borough councils are responsible also for running most local services, such as schools, social services, waste collection, roads, parks, libraries and local commerce.[3]

Since 2016, every President is elected directly by population; for the current legislature (2016–21), presidents elected on 5 June 2016 are:

Zone President Party Votes % Mayoral majority
1 Fabio Luigi Arrigoni PD 18,081 45.2 Yes
2 Samuele Piscina LN 23,318 43.2
3 Caterina Antola PD 25,956 43.7 Yes
4 Paolo Guido Mario Giancarlo Bassi LN 25,380 41.6
5 Alessandro Bramati NCD 19,695 41.0
6 Santo Minniti PD 24,743 41.7 Yes
7 Marco Bestetti FI 28,856 42.2
8 Simone Zambelli SI 30,517 42.6 Yes
9 Giuseppe Antonio Lardieri FI 27,637 40.9

The nine boroughs

With the exception of Zona 1, which corresponds to the historical centre of the city (defined as the part of the city that used to be surrounded by the old Spanish walls, now mostly demolished), boroughs are organized in a sunburst pattern, and numbered from the north-east zone clockwise (see picture above). While boroughs are mostly referred to by number, each borough also has an official name, usually a list of its main districts or areas.

Current boroughs are described in the table below, along with their names, area and population (as of 2014), as well as a list of the main districts comprising each zone. Note that districts (quartieri) are informal (they are not administrative divisions).[4]

Borough Name Area
(km²)
Population
(2014)
Population density
(inhab./km²)
Quartieri (districts)
1 Centro storico 9.67 96,315 11,074 Brera, Centro Storico, Conca del Naviglio, Guastalla, Porta Sempione, Porta Tenaglia
2 Stazione Centrale, Gorla, Turro, Greco, Crescenzago 12.58 153.109 13,031 Adriano, Crescenzago, Gorla, Greco, Loreto, Maggiolina, Mandello, Mirabello, Ponte Seveso, Porta Nuova, Precotto, Stazione Centrale, Turro, Villaggio dei Giornalisti
3 Città Studi, Lambrate, Porta Venezia 14.23 141,229 10,785 Casoretto, Cimiano, Città Studi, Dosso, Lambrate, Ortica, Porta Monforte, Porta Venezia, Quartiere Feltre, Rottole
4 Porta Vittoria, Forlanini 20.95 156.369 8,069 Acquabella, Calvairate, Castagnedo, Cavriano, Forlanini, Gamboloita, La Trecca, Monluè, Morsenchio, Nosedo, Omero, Ponte Lambro, Porta Vittoria, Porta Romana, Rogoredo, San Luigi, Santa Giulia, Taliedo, Triulzo Superiore
5 Vigentino, Chiaravalle, Gratosoglio 29.87 123,779 4,487 Basmetto, Cantalupa, Case Nuove, Chiaravalle, Chiesa Rossa, Conca Fallata, Fatima, Gratosoglio, Le Terrazze, Macconago, Missaglia, Morivione, Porta Lodovica, Porta Vigentina, Quintosole, Ronchetto delle Rane, San Gottardo, Selvanesco, Stadera, Torretta, Vaiano Valle, Vigentino
6 Barona, Lorenteggio 18.28 149,000 8,998 Arzaga, Barona, Boffalora, Cascina Bianca, Conchetta, Creta, Foppette, Giambellino-Lorenteggio, Lodovico il Moro, Moncucco, Porta Genova, Porta Ticinese, Ronchetto sul Naviglio, San Cristoforo, Sant'Ambrogio, Teramo, Villa Magentino, Villaggio dei Fiori
7 Baggio, De Angeli, San Siro 31.34 170,814 6,093 Assiano, Baggio, Figino, Fopponino, Forze Armate, Harar, La Maddalena, Muggiano, Porta Magenta, Quartiere degli Olmi, Quarto Cagnino, Quinto Romano, San Siro, Valsesia, Vercellese
8 Fiera, Gallaratese, Quarto Oggiaro 23.72 181,669 8,326 Boldinasco, Bullona, Cagnola, Campo dei Fiori, Cascina Triulza, Chinatown, Comina, Fiera, Gallaratese, Garegnano, Ghisolfa, Lampugnano, Musocco, Porta Volta, Portello, Quarto Oggiaro, QT8, Roserio, San Leonardo, Trenno, Varesina, Vialba, Villapizzone
9 Porta Garibaldi, Niguarda 21.12 181,598 9,204 Affori, Bicocca, Bovisa, Bovisasca, Bruzzano, Ca' Granda, Centro Direzionale, Comasina, Dergano, Fulvio Testi, Isola, La Fontana, Montalbino, Niguarda, Porta Garibaldi, Porta Nuova, Prato Centenaro, Segnano
Total 181.76 1,353,882 8,164

Footnotes

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