Western Lombard: Milan, is a city in Italy and the capital of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1,300,000, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the European Union with an estimated population of 4,300,000.The Milan metropolitan area, by far the largest in Italy, is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 7,400,000.