Perugia a small or large city?

Question

Is Perugia in Umbria, Italy a small or large town?

Answer 1

160.000 inhabitants , 240.000  metropolitan area included

Answer 2

It is not a large city.absolutely not :)

Answer 3

Perugia is a small hill-town, with a fabulous fortified wall. It has a university for foreigners and another for non-foreigners. My daughter studied there last year, and had a wonderful time. There were lots of places to go at night for young people.

Answer 4

I'm Italian and I can say Perugia isn't a very big city: it's a town over 160'000 people, I think is small for an American... It's the 22th italian city, capital of Umbria. It's medium but wonderful.

Answer 5

I think it is a large city, because it is the capital of Umbria.

Answer 6

small - average

Answer 7

An useful info site is:

http://www.perugiaonline.com

Answer 8

By Italian/European standards, yes; it's large but not big, not a metropolis like Rome, Milan, Turin or Naples; compared to well known cities, Perugia is as big as Pisa and definitely bigger than Siena, while compared to Florence population is less than a half.