Province of Monza and Brianza

Province of Monza and Brianza Provincia di Monza e della Brianza (Italian) Provincia de Monscia e de la Brianza (Lombard)
Province
The Royal Villa
Flag Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Monza and Brianza in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Capital(s)	Monza
Comuni	55
Government
• President	Luca Santambrogio (Lega)
Area [1]
• Total	405 km^2 (156 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	871,735
• Density	2,200/km^2 (5,600/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Total	€24.901 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€28,777 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	20900, 20811-20886
Telephone prefix	039, 0362, 02
Vehicle registration	MB
ISTAT	108

The province of Monza and Brianza (Italian: provincia di Monza e della Brianza; Monzese: provincia de Monscia e de la Brianza) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy.

Description

It was officially created by splitting the north-eastern part from the province of Milan on 12 May 2004, and became executive after the provincial elections of 6 and 7 June 2009. The province had a population of 871,735 (2017) divided in 55 comuni (sg.: comune). It has an area of 405 square kilometres (156 sq mi), that is one of the smallest provincial territories of Italy and a population of about 0.9 million, with a population density of more than 2,000 people per square kilometre, given by its heavily urbanized territory that is part of the urban area of Milan. The capital and largest commune is Monza (population 123,776 as of 2017), only 15 kilometres (9 mi) from Milan. The other largest municipalities are Seregno, Desio, Limbiate, Lissone, Vimercate, Cesano Maderno and Brugherio. It borders the provinces of Lecco and Como to the north, the province of Varese to the west, the province of Bergamo to the east and the Metropolitan City of Milan to the south-east.

Map of the province

Demographics

The top ten municipalities in the province of Monza and Brianza sorted by number of inhabitants are:

Municipality	Population
Monza	123,776
Lissone	45,535
Seregno	45,189
Desio	41,960
Cesano Maderno	38,771
Limbiate	35,121
Brugherio	34,864
Vimercate	26,156
Giussano	25,916
Muggiò	24,428

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1951	395,030	—
1961	489,305	+23.9%
1971	640,545	+30.9%
1981	699,516	+9.2%
1991	729,347	+4.3%
2001	766,631	+5.1%
2011	840,129	+9.6%
2021	870,407	+3.6%
Source: ISTAT

Comuni

Map of the province

The 55 comuni (municipalities)^[3][4] in the province are:

Agrate Brianza Aicurzio Albiate Arcore Barlassina Bellusco Bernareggio Besana in Brianza Biassono Bovisio-Masciago Briosco Brugherio Burago di Molgora Busnago

Camparada Caponago Carate Brianza Carnate Cavenago di Brianza Ceriano Laghetto Cesano Maderno Cogliate Concorezzo Cornate d'Adda Correzzana Desio Giussano Lazzate

Lentate sul Seveso Lesmo Limbiate Lissone Macherio Meda Mezzago Misinto Monza Muggiò Nova Milanese Ornago Renate Roncello

Ronco Briantino Seregno Seveso Sovico Sulbiate Triuggio Usmate Velate Varedo Vedano al Lambro Veduggio con Colzano Verano Brianza Villasanta Vimercate

Government

List of presidents of the province of Monza and Brianza

	President	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Dario Allevi	8 June 2009	13 October 2014	The People of Freedom Forza Italia
2	Pietro Luigi Ponti	13 October 2014	26 June 2017	Democratic Party
3	Roberto Invernizzi	25 September 2017	26 May 2019	Democratic Party
4	Luca Santambrogio	27 July 2019	Incumbent	Lega

Gallery

• 
  Duomo of Monza
• 
  Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, colloquially called Duomo di Lissone
• 
  St. Valeria Church (Seregno)
• 
  Villa Tittoni Traversi (Desio)
• 
  Borromeo Palace (Cesano Maderno)
• 
  Villa Pusterla (Limbiate)
• 
  St. Lucius Church (Brugherio)
• 
  The Torri Bianche business district (Vimercate)

References

1. Comune di Monza e Brianza, I principali indicatori Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine.
2. Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
3. Comune di Monza e Brianza, I Comuni MB. Archived 2011-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
4. Comune di Monza e Brianza, La Provincia MB cresce di 5 comuni Archived 2010-02-25 at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• Official website

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