Metropolitan City of Florence
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The Metropolitan City of Florence (Italian: città metropolitana di Firenze) is an administrative division called metropolitan city in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Florence. It replaced the province of Florence. 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 1 January 2015.
Geography
The Metropolitan City of Florence is bordered by the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the north, the province of Ravenna and Forlì-Cesena in the north-east, the province of Prato, Pistoia and Lucca in the north-west, the province of Pisa in the west, the province of Siena in the south and the province of Arezzo in the east and southeast.[3]
Much of its territory lies in the plain of the
Main sights
The Metropolitan City receives large number of tourists every year.
The capital city Florence has been recognised as
Sights in
Government
List of Metropolitan Mayors of Florence
| Metropolitan Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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| 1 | Dario Nardella | 1 January 2015 | Incumbent | Democratic Party |
Economy
Wholesale and retail is the largest sector in the Metropolitan City: As of 2008[update], almost 29% of the firms in the former Province of Florence were involved in it. Manufacturing, construction, real estate and agriculture are the next important ones with a percentage share of about 19.5%, 14%, 13.6% and 8% respectively.[8]
Tourism is also an important industry. Empoli is known for its ancient glass-making industry.[9]
See also
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.
- ^ Domenico 2002, p. 314.
- ^ Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge (1838). The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]. p. 319.
- ^ Domenico 2002, p. 318.
- ^ Domenico 2002, p. 315.
- ^ "Florence, Tuscany". ITALIA. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Cooke & Schwartz 2008, p. 185.
- ^ Domenico 2002, p. 324.
- Domenico, Roy Palmer (2002). The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30733-1.
- Cooke, Philip; Schwartz, Dafna (2008). Creative Regions: Technology, Culture and Knowledge Entrepreneurship. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-07865-3.
External links
Media related to Metropolitan city of Florence at Wikimedia Commons
