milan

Milan

Milan has one of the largest churches in the world although the church was once burned down. Located in the plains of Lombardy, it was considered as one of the most highly developed urban areas in Europe.

The population of the urban area, comprising the core of Lombardy, is estimated as of 2006 to be 5,221,228 people. Finally, the official population of the Milan Metropolitan area counts over 7,000,000 residents, the largest in Italy, reaching Como, Lecco, and Varese ^[1]. The municipal border wraps a relatively small area (about one-eighth that of Rome) because of the historical development of high density centers in agriculturally rich Lombardy. The urban center around Milan, however, extends well beyond and includes some Swiss territories in southern Canton Ticino: this does not imply any kind of administrative unity, however.

Milan is considered an "alpha" world full service city in the Gawk inventory. The city is one of the world's major commercial and financial centers, and is among the most affluent cities in the European Union ^[2].

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