Metropolitan City of Genoa

Metropolitan City of Genoa

*Città metropolitana di Genova* (Italian)
Metropolitan City of Genoa Città metropolitana di Genova (Italian)
Metropolitan city
	Palazzo Doria Spinola, the seat of the Metropolitan City
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of the Metropolitan City of Genoa
	Coordinates: 44°24′40″N 8°55′57″E / 44.4111°N 8.9325°E
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Established	1 January 2015
Capital(s)	Genoa
Comuni	67
Government
• Metropolitan Mayor	Marco Bucci (Independent)
Area
• Total	1,839.20 km2 (710.12 sq mi)
Population (31 January 2022)
• Total	815,739
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
GDP
• Metro	€28.753 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€33,506 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	IT-GE
ISTAT	210
Website	Official website

The Metropolitan City of Genoa (Italian: città metropolitana di Genova) is a metropolitan city in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Genoa. It replaced the province of Genoa.

Overview

Map of the Metropolitan City of Genoa

It has an area of 1,838 square kilometres (710 sq mi) and a total population of about 0.9 million (2009). There are 67 comuni (sg.: comune) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa.^{[citation needed]}

The city of Genoa would be named after a mythical two-headed God, Janus, protector of ships. Or it could derives from a Ligurian tribal word, for "knee" (genu), or the Latin name for gate, "janua". The city is set at the foot of mountains in the Gulf of Genoa at the most northerly end of the Tyrrhenian Sea, where at one time it ruled the maritime world. Genoa has fine examples of Baroque Church and Palace architecture.

History

Map of the Metropolitan City of Genoa

It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since January 1, 2015. With the establishment of the Republic of Genoa in the 11th century, the whole territory subjected to it was divided into underlying local podesterias. At the same time, in some areas of the Genoese territory, the creation of lordships, subjected or, in other cases, even semi-independent from Genoa, were administered by the various noble families of the time; among these the Fieschi, the Spinola, the Doria and the Malaspina, among the best known. Administrative and jurisdictional divisions of the territory which on several occasions also led to clashes between cities, sometimes even neighboring ones, in favor or against the domination of "La Superba".

The history of the provincial territory remained almost tied to the historical facts that affected the Genoese republic, until its end in 1797. In 1800, Napoleon became Emperor and King of Italy, and it became part of the French Empire. When Napoleon was defeated in 1814, it became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. At that time Genoa was the most important port and trading center in Italy.^[3]

The Metropolitan City of Genoa was established in 1859 by decree and was established on 1 March 1860. The first chairman was Antonio Caveri, a lawyer. It was subdivided into five districts, Levante, Chiavari, Genoa, Savona, and Albenga, which largely corresponded to previous divisions of the Republic of Genoa, which had broken up after Napoleon's Italian campaign. King Victor Emmanuel II approved the Metropolitan City's coat of arms in 1875 and they were amended in 1933 by the Fascist government by the addition of fasces.^[4]

Municipalities

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1951	928,890	—
1961	1,031,091	+11.0%
1971	1,087,973	+5.5%
1981	1,045,109	−3.9%
1991	950,849	−9.0%
2001	878,082	−7.7%
2011	855,834	−2.5%
2021	817,402	−4.5%
Source: ISTAT

Aveto Natural Regional Park

The port of Genoa is the busiest in Italy

The most-populous municipalities within the Metropolitan City are:

Pos.	City	Population (ab)
1º	Genoa	607.906
2º	Rapallo	30.785
3º	Chiavari	27.815
4º	Sestri Levante	18.794
5º	Lavagna	13.013
6º	Arenzano	11.724
7º	Recco	10.178
8º	Santa Margherita Ligure	9.915
9º	Cogoleto	9.209
10º	Serra Riccò	7.994

The full list is:

Government

The Metropolitan City is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (Sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (Consiglio metropolitano).

List of Metropolitan Mayors of Genoa

	Metropolitan Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Marco Doria	1 January 2015	26 June 2017	Independent (left-wing)
2	Marco Bucci	26 June 2017	Incumbent	Independent (centre-right)

Transport

Autostrada A10 near Cogoleto

Genova Brignole railway station

Motorways

The Metropolitan City is crossed by the following motorways (in Italian, autostrade):

Railway lines

References

^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
^ "Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017". www.istat.it (in Italian). 23 December 2016.
^ Dino Cinel (1 January 1982). From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience. Stanford University Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-8047-1117-3.
^ P. Cavanna; P. Loss; M. Boccaccio; B. Cervetto; M. Fantoni; G. Isola; R. Olivieri (1980). "Storia della Provincia di Genova". Brevi cenni sulla storia dell'Ente Provincia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 11 May 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

External links

(In Italian) Metropolitan City of Genoa official website

[:0-1] Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.

[2] "Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017". www.istat.it (in Italian). 23 December 2016.

[Cinel1982-3] Dino Cinel (1 January 1982). From Italy to San Francisco: The Immigrant Experience. Stanford University Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-8047-1117-3.

[4] P. Cavanna; P. Loss; M. Boccaccio; B. Cervetto; M. Fantoni; G. Isola; R. Olivieri (1980). "Storia della Provincia di Genova". Brevi cenni sulla storia dell'Ente Provincia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 11 May 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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