The current administrative division of Milan, Italy comprises nine zones (zone di decentramento, "decentralization zones") numbered from 1 to 9. The organization was established in 1997 and implemented in 1999; prior to that the city was divided in 20 administrative zones.
Each zone has a local government called "Consiglio di Zona" ("zone council"). The council has 41 members for zones exceeding 100,000 inhabitants, and 31 members for smaller zones (no zones currently fall in this category).[1] Each council elects its own president.
While the 1997 plan was intended to ascribe several rights and functions to zone councils, this has been largely unattended, so that zone councils have, in practice, little power and few duties.[2] Some of the actual functions of zone councils are:
Every council has to elect a President; since 2011, presidents are:
Zona | President | Party |
1 | Fabio Arrigoni | Democratic Party |
2 | Mario Villa | Democratic Party |
3 | Renato Sacristani | Communist Refoundation Party |
4 | Loredana Bigatti | Democratic Party |
5 | Aldo Ugliano | Democratic Party |
6 | Gabriele Rabaiotti | Democratic Party |
7 | Fabrizio Tellini | Italy of Values |
8 | Simone Zambelli | Left Ecology Freedom |
9 | Beatrice Uguccioni | Democratic Party |
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), zones are organized in a sunburst pattern, and numbered from the north-east zone clockwise (see picture above). While zones are mostly referred to by number, each zone also has an official name, usually a list of its main districts or areas.
Current zones are described in the table below, along with their names, area and population (as of December 2006), as well as a list of the main districts comprising each zone. Note that districts (quartieri) are informal (they are not administrative divisions).[3]
Zone | Name | Area (km²) |
Population (December 2006) |
Population density (inhab./km²) |
Quartieri (districts) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zone 1 | Centro storico | 9,67 | 107.087 | 11.074 | Centro storico, Brera, Porta Tenaglia, Porta Sempione, Guastalla, Conca del Naviglio |
Zone 2 | Stazione Centrale, Gorla, Turro, Greco, Crescenzago | 12,58 | 163.932 | 13.031 | Porta Nuova, Stazione di Milano Centrale, Piazzale Loreto, Turro, Crescenzago, Quartiere Adriano, Gorla, Precotto, Mandello, Ponte Seveso, Quartiere Maggiolina, Mirabello, Villaggio dei Giornalisti, Greco |
Zone 3 | Città Studi, Lambrate, Porta Venezia | 14,23 | 153.470 | 10.785 | Porta Venezia, Porta Monforte, Casoretto, Rottole, Dosso, Quartiere Feltre, Cimiano, Città Studi, Lambrate, Ortica |
Zone 4 | Porta Vittoria, Forlanini | 20,95 | 169.051 | 8.069 | Porta Vittoria, Porta Romana, Acquabella, Cavriano, Quartiere Forlanini, Monluè, La Trecca, Taliedo, Morsenchio, Ponte Lambro, Calvairate, San Luigi, Gamboloita, Quartiere Omero, Nosedo, Castagnedo, Rogoredo, Milano Santa Giulia, Triulzo Superiore |
Zone 5 | Vigentino, Chiaravalle, Gratosoglio | 29,87 | 134.016 | 4.487 | Porta Vigentina, Porta Lodovica, San Gottardo, Morivione, Vigentino, Vaiano Valle, Chiaravalle Milanese, Macconago, Stadera, Chiesa Rossa, Quartiere Le Terrazze, Case Nuove, Quartiere Missaglia, Gratosoglio, Selvanesco, Quintosole, Ronchetto delle Rane, Quartiere Torretta, Conca Fallata, Quartiere Basmetto, Quartiere Cantalupa |
Zone 6 | Barona, Lorenteggio | 18,28 | 164.487 | 8.998 | Porta Ticinese, Porta Genova, Conchetta, Moncucco, Barona, Quartiere Sant'Ambrogio, Quartiere Cascina Bianca, Boffalora, Quartiere Teramo, Chiesa di San Cristoforo sul Naviglio, Quartiere Lodovico il Moro, Ronchetto sul Naviglio, Foppette, Quartiere Villa Magentino, Arzaga, Giambellino-Lorenteggio, Villaggio dei Fiori, Creta |
Zone 7 | Baggio, De Angeli, San Siro | 31,34 | 190.969 | 6.093 | Porta Magenta, Fopponino, La Maddalena, San Siro, Quartiere Harar, Quartiere Vercellese, Quarto Cagnino, Quinto Romano, Figino, Forze Armate, Baggio, Quartiere Valsesia, Quartiere degli Olmi, Assiano, Muggiano |
Zone 8 | Fiera, Gallaratese, Quarto Oggiaro | 23,72 | 197.484 | 8.326 | Porta Volta, Bullona, Ghisolfa, Fieramilanocity, Portello, Cagnola, Quartiere Campo dei Fiori, Villapizzone, Quartiere Varesina, Boldinasco, Garegnano, Musocco, Quarto Oggiaro, Vialba, Roserio, Cascina Triulza, QT8, Lampugnano, Quartiere Comina, Quartiere Gallaratese, Quartiere San Leonardo, Trenno |
Zone 9 | Stazione Garibaldi, Niguarda | 21,12 | 194.386 | 9.204 | Porta Garibaldi, Porta Nuova, Centro Direzionale di Milano, Quartiere Isola, La Fontana, Montalbino, Segnano, Bicocca, Fulvio Testi, Ca' Granda, Prato Centenaro, Niguarda, Dergano, Bovisa, Affori, Bruzzano, Comasina, Bovisasca |
Total | 181,76 | 1.483.882 | 8.164 |
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