The Turin metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy. It is defined statistically and does not correspond to a single area of local government. Administratively it comprises the commune (municipality) of Turin plus 52 further communes, all of which fall within the Province of Turin.
The metropolitan area has a total population of 2,500,000 estimated by the OECD and an area of 1.127 km², giving a density of 1,512 people per square kilometre. It is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Italy. 52% of the population lives within the city of Turin.
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