Metropolitan City of Bari
Metropolitan City of Bari
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The Provincial Building of Bari, today, the institutional headquarters of the Metropolitan City of Bari | |
Map highlighting the location of the Metropolitan City of Bari in Italy | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Capital(s) | Bari |
| Comuni | 41 |
| Government | |
| • Metropolitan Mayor | Vito Leccese |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,825 km2 (1,477 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 1,218,191 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €28.220 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €22,945 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 70001–70100 |
| Telephone prefix | 080, 0883 |
| Vehicle registration | BA |
| ISTAT | 272 |
The Metropolitan City of Bari (Italian: città metropolitana di Bari) is a metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the province of Bari and includes the city of Bari and some forty other comuni (sg.: comune). It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since January 1, 2015.
The Metropolitan City of Bari is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (consiglio metropolitano). Since 1 January 2015 Antonio Decaro, as mayor of the capital city, has been the first mayor of the Metropolitan City.
It has an area of 3.825 km2 (1.477 sq mi) and a population of 1,218,191 as of 2025.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1951 | 928,366 | — |
| 1961 | 981,507 | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 1,060,037 | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 1,154,535 | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 1,202,704 | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 1,218,038 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 1,247,303 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 1,226,784 | −1.6% |
| Source: ISTAT | ||