The
Metropolitan City of Venice is a
metropolitan city in the
Veneto region,
Italy. Its capital is the city of
Venice. It replaced the
Province of Venice and includes the city of
Venice and other 43 municipalities (
comuni). It was first created by the
reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. The Metropolitan City of Venice is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (
Sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (
Consiglio metropolitano). Since 15 June 2015, as new mayor of the capital city,
Luigi Brugnaro is the first mayor of the Metropolitan City.