Province of Milan

Province of Milan
Province (1786–2014)
Flag Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the former province of Milan in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Established	26 September 1786
Abolished	31 December 2014
Capital(s)	Milan
Comuni	134
Area
• Total	1,575 km2 (608 sq mi)
Population  (03-31-2012)
• Total	3,195,211
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	MI
ISTAT	015

The province of Milan (Italian: provincia di Milano) was a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Milan. The area of the former province is highly urbanized, with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km², the third highest population density among Italian provinces, just below the densities of the provinces of Naples and of Monza e Brianza, the latter of which was created in 2004 from the north-eastern part of the province of Milan. On 1 January 2015 the province was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Milan.