IMPORTANT CITIES
The italian cities are many and with a large surface. After 1945 the industrialization emphasized the urbanisation more and more. The most important cities are (in the brackets is the number of inhabitants in 1970, respectively 1990):
Rome
(158.000
2.916.414)
Napoli (352.000
1.204.211)
Palermo (140.000 723.732)
Venice (140.000 400.000)
Milan
(128.000 1.495.260)
Bologna (75.000 500.000)
Torino (75.000 1.035.565)