The statistic illustrates the number of metropolitan cities in 2015 in Italy, by region. According to the figure, as of December 31, 2105 all the following regions had a metropolitan city: Apulia, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany and Veneto.
Number of metropolitan cities in 2015 in Italy, by region
Metropolitan cities are "territorial bodies of large area" in regions with ordinary status, whose territories coincide with the pre-existing provinces (for example, Milan). They were instituted with the law Legge Delrio in 2014.
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