Zone 5 of Milan

Municipality of Milan in Lombardy, Italy

Zona 5 di Milano Municipality 5
Municipality of Milan
Chiaravalle Abbey
Location of Municipality 5 of Milan
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Metro City of Milan
Comune	Milan
Government
• President	Natale Carapellese (PD)
Area
• Total	11.53 sq mi (29.87 km²)
Population (2022)
• Total	124,094
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Municipality 5

The Zone 5 of Milan, since 2016 officially Municipality 5 of Milan, (in Italian: Zona 5 di Milano, Municipio 5 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 5, a new administrative body responsible for running most local services, such as schools, social services, waste collection, roads, parks, libraries and local commerce.^[2]

Subdivision

The borough includes the following districts:

Basmetto;
Cantalupa;
Case Nuove;
Chiaravalle, located in the periphery south of the city centre, within the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano nature reserve. Despite being annexed to Milan in 1923, Chiaravalle has maintained the character of an autonomous town. The park that embraces the district also separates it from the urban agglomeration of the city. This isolation is reinforced by the scarceness of public transportation to the centre, which mostly consists of a single bus line connecting Chiaravalle to Porta Romana. As this bus line has a stop at the Milan Metro station of Corvetto, this is the subway station that serves Chiaravalle, despite that of Rogoredo being closer. The main landmark of the Chiaravalle district is eponymous abbey, a Gothic-Romanesque 12th century monastic complex;
Chiesa Rossa, a social residential district realized between 1960 and 1966;
Conca Fallata;
Fatima;
Gratosoglio, located at southernmost end of the city, bordering on the comune of Rozzano, and it is traversed by the Lambro river. The district has an area of about 400,000 m². Having started as a commuter town in the 1960s, with large prefabricated apartment blocks destined to house immigrant workers coming from the South of Italy, the district is usually listed among those most degraded (e.g., having the highest crime rates) in the surroundings of Milan;
Le Terrazze;
Macconago, autonomous comune until 1923;
Missaglia;
Morivione;
Porta Lodovica, named after the city gate of the Spanish walls. This area is in first place in the ranking of the neighborhoods that offer the best liveability in Milan;
Porta Vigentina, named after one of the city gates in the Spanish walls;
Quintosole, a rural district located within the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano nature reserve;
Ronchetto delle Rane;
San Gottardo;
Selvanesco;
Stadera;
Torretta;
Vaiano Valle, located south of the city's urban area, within the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano nature reserve;
Vigentino, autonomous comune until 1923.

Municipal government

The area has its own local authority called Consiglio di Municipio (Municipal Council), composed by the President and 30 members directly elected by citizens every five years. The Council is responsible for most local services, such as schools, social services, waste collection, roads, parks, libraries and local commerce in the area,^[3] and manages funds (if any) provided by the city government for specific purposes, such as those intended to guarantee the right to education for poorer families.

The current President is Natale Carapellese (PD), elected on 3–4 October 2021.

Here is the current composition of the Municipal Council after 2021 municipal election:

Alliance or political party		Members		Composition
Alliance or political party		2021–2026		Composition
	Centre-left (PD-EV)	18	18 / 30
	Centre-right (FI-L-FdI-UDC)	11	11 / 30
	M5S	1	1 / 30

Here is a full lists of the directly elected Presidents of Municipio since 2011:

	Term of office		Party
Aldo Ugliano	16 May 2011	27 June 2016	PD
Alessandro Bramati	27 June 2016	8 October 2021	NCD
Natale Carapellese	8 October 2021	Incumbent	PD

Education

The most important university located in the borough is the Bocconi University, founded in 1902 by Ferdinando Bocconi and was named after his son, who died in the Battle of Adwa during the First Italo-Ethiopian War.^[4] The university was originally affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan engineering school and incorporated a teaching model that was based on what was in use at the École Supérieure of Antwerp.^[5]

The university provides education in the fields of economics, finance, law, business administration, management, political science, public administration, information science, data science, and computer science. Bocconi is a founding member of CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education, and the university through its graduate business school, SDA Bocconi School of Management, has received triple accreditation from the AACSB, EQUIS, and the AMBA^[6] where it offers MBA, Executive MBA, DBA, professional development, executive education, and professional certification programs.

Parks and gardens

In this borough there are many public parks and gardens. The most significant natural area is Parco Agricolo Sud Milano (47,000 ha). Opened in 1990, the park has the purpose of preserving, safeguarding, and enhancing the natural and historical heritage of the Po Valley.

Transport

Stations of Milan Metro in the Zone 5:

Abbiategrasso;
Lodi T.I.B.B., Porta Romana.

Suburban railway stations in the Zone 5:

Gallery

Chiesa Rossa public library
Chiesa Rossa civic centre
Fastweb headquarter
Fondazione Prada

Maps

Map of Milan Zone 5

References

^ (in Italian) The 9 city councils of Milan (municipal website)
^ Municipality of Milan - Municipalities
^ Municipality of Milan - Municipalities
^ "HISTORY AND MISSION - Bocconi University". Unibocconi.eu. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
^ "Universities". ESN Politecnico Milano. 20 August 2014.
^ "Accreditation | SDA Bocconi School of Management". www.sdabocconi.it. Retrieved 2023-04-13.