Metropolitan City of Turin

Metropolitan City of Turin
Metropolitan city
Palazzo Cisterna in Turin, the provincial seat
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the Metropolitan City of Turin
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Established	1 January 2015
Capital(s)	Turin
Comuni	312
Government
• Metropolitan mayor	Stefano Lo Russo (PD)
Area
• Total	6,827 km2 (2,636 sq mi)
Population  (31-01-2021)
• Total	2,211,114
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Metro	€69.305 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€30,304 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISTAT	201[2]
Website	www.cittametropolitana.torino.it/cms

The Metropolitan City of Turin (Italian: città metropolitana di Torino; Piedmontese: sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin) is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the province of Turin and comprises 312 comuni (sg.: comune). It was created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and established by the Law 56/2014. It has been officially operating since 1 January 2015.

The Metropolitan City of Turin is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (consiglio metropolitano). Since 27 October 2021, Stefano Lo Russo has served as the mayor of the capital city, succeeding Chiara Appendino. The largest Metropolitan City of Italy, it is the only one to border a foreign state, France.