Milan

Milan
Milan; Milano
	— Comune —
Comune di Milano
	Frae top, clockwise: ((Porta Nuova Business Destrict)), Duomo, San Siro Stadium, Parco Sempione wi the Airch o Peace in the backgrund, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
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	; Coat o airms
	Eik-name(s): The Moral Caipital o Italy
	; Milan Location o Milan in Italy
	Coordinates: 45°27′51″N 09°11′25″E / 45.46417°N 9.19028°E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Milan (MI)
Settled bi Celts	as Mediolanum c. 396 BC
	Govrenment
- Mayor	Giuliano Pisapia; (Independent – Centre-left)
	Aurie
- Tot	181.76 km2 (70.2 sq mi)
Hicht	120 m (394 ft)
	Indwallers (30 September 2011)
- Tot	1,338,436
- Densitie	7,363.8/km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator./sq mi)
Demonym	Milanees/Milanese
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	20100, 20121-20162
Dialin code	02
Patron saunt	Ambrose
Saunt day	7 December
Wabsteid	Offeecial wabsteid

Milan (Italian: Milano, Template:IPA-it; Wastren Lombard: Milan, listen^?) is a ceety in Italy an the caipital o the region o Lombardy an o the province o Milan. The ceety proper haes a population o aboot 1,315,000, while the urban aurie is the lairgest in Italy an the fift lairgest in the European Union wi a population o 4,345,000 ower an aurie o 2,370 km2 (915 sq mi).^[3] The Milan metropolitan aurie, bi far the lairgest in Italy, is estimatit bi the OECD tae hae a population o 7,400,000.^[4]

The ceety wis foondit unner the name o Medhlan,^[5] by the Insubres, Celtic fowk. It wis later captured bi the Romans in 222 BC, an the ceety became vera successful unner the Roman Empire. Later Milan wis ruled bi the Visconti, the Sforza, the Spainyie in the 16t century an the Austrians in the 18t century. In 1796, Milan wis conquered bi Napoleon I an he made it the caipital o his Kinrick o Italy in 1805.^[1]^[6] Durin the Romantic period, Milan wis a major cultural centre in Europe, attractin several airtists, composers an important literary figures. Later, durin World War II, the ceety wis badly affectit bi Allied bombins, an efter German occupation in 1943, Milan became the main hub o the Italian resistance.^[1] Despite this, Milan saw a post-war economic growth, attractin thoosans of immigrants frae Soothren Italy an abroad.^[1]

An internaitional an cosmopolitan ceety, 15.2% o Milan's population is foreign born.^[7] The ceety remains ane o Europe's main transportation^[8] an industrial hubs, an Milan is the EU's 10t maist important centre for business an finance (2009)^[9] wi its economy (see economy o Milan) being the warld's 26t richest bi purchasin pouer,.^[10] The Milan metropolitan aurie haes Europe's 7t GDP in 2008.^[11] The province o Milan (which increasinly is becomin a single administrative urban unit tae supersede the limited commune) haed a GDP pp per caipita o aroond €40,000 in 2007 (161% o the EU 27 average) which wis the heichest o ony Italian province ^[12] (Il Sole 24 Ore Quality of life survey 2008) an the ceety's wirkers hae the heichest average income rates in Italy,^[12] an 26t in the warld.^[13] In addition, Milan is the warld's 11t maist expensive ceety for expatriate employees,^[14] an accordin tae a 2010 study bi the Economist Intelligence Unit, the ceety is the warld's 12t maist expensive tae live in.^[15] Its economic environment haes made it, accordin tae several studies, the warld's 20t an Europe's 10t top business an financial centre,^[16]^[17] having been highly successful in terms of city branding.^[18]

Milan is recognised as a warld fashion an design caipital, wi a major global influence in commerce, industry, muisic, sport, literature, airt an media, makin it ane o GaWC's major Alpha warld ceeties.^[19] The Lombard metropolis is especially famous for its fashion hooses an shops (such as alang Via Monte Napoleone) an the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in the Piazza Duomo (reputit tae be the warld's auldest shoppin mall). The ceety haes a rich cultural heritage an legacy, a vibrant nichtlife,^[20]^[21] an haes a unique cuisine; it is hame tae numerous famous dishes, such as the Panettone Christmas cake an the risotto alla Milanese. The ceety haes a particularly famous muisical, particularly operatic, tradition, being the hame o several important composers (such as Giuseppe Verdi) an theatres (such as the Teatro alla Scala). Milan is an aa well-kent for containin several important museums, universities, academies, palaces, kirks an libraries (such as the Academy o Brera an the Castello Sforzesco) an twa renowned fitbaa teams: A.C. Milan an F.C. Internazionale Milano. This makes Milan the 52nt Europe's tourist destination, wi ower 1.914 million foreign arrivals tae the ceety in 2008.^[22]

Inhabitants o Milan are referred tae as "Milanese" (Italian: Milanesi or informally Meneghini or Ambrosiani). The ceety is nicknamed bi Milan's inhabitants the "moral caipital o Italy".^[1]