Zone 8 of Milan
Zone 8 of Milan
Municipality 8 | |
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Zona of Milan | |
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 Location of Zone 8 of Milan | |
 Map of Zone 8 of Milan | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Metro City of Milan |
| Comune | Milan |
| Government | |
| • President | Simone Zambelli (SI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.16 sq mi (23.72 km2) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 182,118 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The Zone 8 of Milan, since 2016 officially Municipality 8 of Milan, (in Italian: Zona 8 di Milano, Municipio 8 di Milano) is one of the 9 administrative divisions of Milan, Italy.[1]
It was officially created as an administrative subdivision during the 1980s. On 14 April 2016, in order to promote a reform on the municipal administrative decentralization, the City Council of Milan established the new Municipality 8, a new administrative body responsible for running most local services, such as schools, social services, waste collection, roads, parks, libraries and local commerce.[2]
The zone lays on the north-western part of the city.
Subdivision[]
The zone includes the following districts:
- Porta Volta, named after the gate built in 1860 to connect the city to the Monumental Cemetery;
- Fiera, now CityLife, residential, commercial and business district built between 2007 and 2021 on the site of the old Trade Fair opened in 1920;
- Gallaratese, one of the largest districts in Italy to have been built "from scratch" in the 20th century (between the 1960s and 1980s) in a previously rural area. Today, the district has a population of about 60,000. A major landmark of the Gallaratese district is Monte Amiata, a complex of apartment blocks that were designed by Carlo Aymonino, and that are characterized by a futuristic architecture. The most typical buildings are the so-called "tower houses" (case torri in Italian, tower-shaped apartment blocks;
- Quarto Oggiaro, one of the largest social housing estates in Milan;
- Lampugnano;
- Musocco;
- Campo dei Fiori;
- Portello;
- QT8;
- Roserio;
- Trenno;
- Varesina;
- Vialba;
- Villapizzone.
Notable places[]
References[]
External links[]
Media related to Municipio 8 (Milan) at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Italian) Zone 8 of Milan (municipal website)
Coordinates: 45°30′57″N 9°08′25″E / 45.515925°N 9.140196°E
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