Livonia
is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County
in the U.S. state
of Michigan
. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways
. The population was 100,545 at the 2000 census
. The municipality is a part of the Detroit metropolitan area
, and located approximately 22 miles (35 km) northwest from downtown Detroit
, and two miles (3 km) from the western city limits of Detroit (Redford Township
lies in between the two).