Naples metropolitan area

Not to be confused with Metropolitan City of Naples.

Naples metropolitan area Area metropolitana di Napoli
Metropolitan area

Country	Italy
Region	Campania
City	Naples
Population
• Metro	~4,400,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
GDP	2005
Nominal	$43 billion^[1] (only urban area)

Satellite view.

The Naples metropolitan area (Italian: Area metropolitana di Napoli) is a metropolitan area in Campania, Italy, centered on the city of Naples. With a population of around 4 million, it's the third most populous metropolitan area on the European part of Mediterranean coast (after Barcelona and Athens), and one of the biggest metropolises in Europe.

Overview

Naples urban area and metropolitan area is the second most populous in Italy, after Milan. The urban area (core of the metropolitan area) has a population of 3,020,000^[2] being the 10th-most populous urban area in the European Union. According to European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Naples polycentric metropolitan area has a population of 3,714,000.^[3] According to The Principal Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps by Citypopulation.de, Naples urban agglomeration has a population of 4,150,000.^[4] According to Associazione per lo sviluppo dell'industria nel Mezzogiorno (SVIMEZ), Naples metropolitan area has a population of 4,434,136 on area of 2,300 km².^[5]

Composition

The Naples metropolitan area includes the whole metropolitan city of Naples, 35 municipalities in province of Caserta, 10 municipalities in province of Avellino and 34 municipalities in province of Salerno, in all 171 municipalities, Naples metropolitan area - SVIMEZ the most important of these by population are Salerno, Giugliano in Campania, Torre del Greco, Pozzuoli, Casoria e Caserta, as shows the next table.

Area	Municipality	Area (in km²)	Population^(2)(3)(4)
Campania
Metropolitan City of Naples	Naples	117	969,061
	Pozzuoli	43	83,156
	Bacoli	13.3	27,273
	Monte di Procida	3.6	13,273
	Procida	4.1	10,629
	Ischia	8	18,482
	Barano d'Ischia	11	9,765
	Casamicciola Terme	5	8,214
	Forio	12	16,615
	Lacco Ameno	2.7	4,623
	Serrara Fontana	6	3,170
	Capri	3	7,260
	Anacapri	6.39	6,586
	Sorrento	9	16,554
	Massa Lubrense	19	13,772
	Sant'Agnello	4	8,971
	Vico Equense	29	20,764
	Meta	2	7,925
	Piano di Sorrento	7	13,014
	Agerola	19.62	7,378
	Quarto	14.2	39,348
	Marano di Napoli	15.5	58,989
	Qualiano	7.3	25,518
	Calvizzano	3.9	12,543
	Villaricca	6.8	29,565
	Mugnano di Napoli	5.3	34,225
	Arzano	4.7	36,823
	Melito di Napoli	3.7	36,976
	Giugliano in Campania	94	113,136
	Sant'Antimo	5.8	31,150
	Casandrino	3.2	13,391
	Grumo Nevano	2.9	18,357
	Frattamaggiore	5.0	30,772
	Frattaminore	2.0	15,922
	Crispano	2.3	12,642
	Cardito	3.2	21,003
	Caivano	27.1	36,956
	Acerra	54.1	53,889
	Afragola	18.0	63,828
	Casoria	12.0	80,243
	Casavatore	1.6	18,827
	Casalnuovo di Napoli	7.8	50,633
	Pomigliano d'Arco	11	39,378
	Castello di Cisterna	4.0	6,927
	Brusciano	5	15,804
	Mariglianella	3.2	7,303
	San Vitaliano	5.3	6,055
	Marigliano	22	30,341
	Scisciano	5.5	5,611
	Saviano	13.8	15,260
	Nola	39	32,736
	Cimitile	2.7	6,975
	Camposano	3.3	5,424
	Cicciano	7.1	12,355
	Comiziano	2.4	1,790
	Casamarciano	6.3	3,361
	San Paolo Bel Sito	3.0	3,462
	Liveri	2.6	1,673
	Visciano	10.9	4,613
	Tufino	5.2	3,698
	Roccarainola	28.1	7,270
	Volla	6.2	23,302
	Cercola	3.7	19,251
	San Sebastiano al Vesuvio	2	9,664
San Giorgio a Cremano	4.1	47,437
Massa di Somma	3.5	5,837
Pollena Trocchia	8.1	13,715
Sant'Anastasia	18.8	28,951
Somma Vesuviana	30.7	34,612
Ottaviano	19.8	23,648
San Gennaro Vesuviano	7.0	10,818
Palma Campania	20.8	14,881
Carbonara di Nola	3.5	2,165
San Giuseppe Vesuviano	14.1	28,115
Striano	7.6	8,106
Poggiomarino	13.3	21,040
Terzigno	23.5	17,445
Portici	4.5	55,306
Ercolano	19	55,261
Torre del Greco	30	88,249
Trecase	6.1	9,264
Boscotrecase	7.5	10,555
Boscoreale	11.3	27,099
Torre Annunziata	7.0	46,592
Pompei	12	25,687
Santa Maria la Carità	3.9	11,484
Sant'Antonio Abate	7.9	19,428
Lettere	12.0	6,074
Casola di Napoli	2.6	3,780
Castellammare di Stabia	17	65,209
Gragnano	14.6	29,768
Pimonte	12.5	6,027
Province of Caserta	Villa Literno	61.7	10,949
	Casal di Principe	23.4	20,746
	San Cipriano d'Aversa	6.2	12,829
	Casapesenna	3.0	6,587
	Villa di Briano	8.5	6,028
	Casaluce	9.4	10,247
	Frignano	9.9	8,520
	San Marcellino	4.6	12,499
	Trentola-Ducenta	6.6	16,885
	Aversa	8.7	52,242
	Teverola	6.7	12,973
	Carinaro	6.3	6,753
	Gricignano di Aversa	9.8	9,809
	Cesa	2.8	7,873
	Sant'Arpino	3.2	14,057
	Succivo	7.0	7,468
	Orta di Atella	10.7	20,610
	Marcianise	30	40,139
	Capodrise	3.5	9,131
	Portico di Caserta	1.8	7,535
	Macerata Campania	7.6	10,649
	Curti	1.7	7,131
	San Tammaro	36.8	4,877
	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	36	33,707
	San Prisco	7.7	11,895
	Casapulla	2.9	8,584
	Casagiove	6.3	14,335
	Caserta	53	78,843
	San Nicola la Strada	4.7	20,732
	San Marco Evangelista	5.5	6,100
	Maddaloni	36	38,677
	Recale	3	7,358
	Lusciano	4	13,987
	Parete	5.7	10,732
	Villa di Briano	8	6,028
Province of Avellino	Mugnano del Cardinale	12	5,281
	Avella	30.4	7,826
	Baiano	12.3	4,754
	Sperone	3	3,629
	Rotondi	7	3,589
	Sirignano	6	2,925
	Quadrelle	6	1,941
	Mercogliano	19.76	12,405
	Avellino	30.41	57,054
	Atripalda	8.53	11,160
Province of Salerno	Sarno	39	31,336
	San Valentino Torio	9	9,941
	San Marzano sul Sarno	5	9,923
	Angri	13	31,333
	Pagani	12.9	35,856
	Nocera Inferiore	20	45,914
	Nocera Superiore	14.7	23,967
	Roccapiemonte	5.2	9,142
	Castel San Giorgio	13	13,455
	Siano	8	10,343
	Mercato San Severino	30	21,292
	Scafati	19.69	50,398
	Cava de' Tirreni	36.46	53,405
	Baronissi	17	16,592
	Tramonti	24	4,139
	Corbara	6.66	2,598
	Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino	6	8,758
	Vietri sul Mare	9	8,409
	Cetara	4.91	2,370
	Maiori	16	5,674
	Ravello	7	2,500
	Minori	2	2,875
	Scala	13	1,538
	Atrani	0.20	940
	Amalfi	6	5,426
	Conca dei Marini	1	739
	Furore	1.73	827
	Minori	2	2,875
	Praiano	2	2,021
	Positano	8	3,945
	Salerno	58.96	140,434
	Pontecagnano Faiano	36	24,862
	Battipaglia	56.46	50,902
	Bellizzi	7	12,997
TOTAL		2259.97	4,405,832

Naples metropolitan area - SVIMEZ

⁽²⁾ - it:Area metropolitana di Napoli
⁽³⁾ - ISTAT data
⁽⁴⁾ - es:Grande Napoli

Comparison

This table shows the main Italian metropolitan areas by population. The Naples metropolitan area is in the second place.

No.	Metropolitan area	Population (abitanti)	Area (in km²)	Density (in ab/km²)	Municipalities
1	Milan	5.264.000	2.945	1.651	248
2	Naples	4.405.832	2.260	1.950	171
3	Rome	3.693.124	3.089	1.195	40
4	Turin	1.704.102	1.127	1.512	53

References

↑ "City Mayors reviews the richest cities in the world in 2005". Citymayors.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
↑ Demographia: World Urban Areas
↑ Study on Urban Functions - European Spatial Planning Observation Network, 2007
↑ Principal Agglomerations of the World - Citypopulation.de
↑ Documenti e Studi per una definizione dell'area Metropolitana di Napoli - Arch. Domenico Smarrazzo - area metropolitana di Napoli, 1997

Metropolitan cities and areas of Italy

Metropolitan cities	Bari Bologna Cagliari Catania Florence Genoa Messina Milan Naples Palermo Reggio Calabria Rome Turin Venice

Metropolitan areas	Bari Bologna Cagliari Catania Florence Genoa Messina-Reggio Calabria Milan Naples Padua Palermo Rome Turin Venice

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