The Metropolitan City of Messina ( it, Città metropolitana di Messina) is a
metropolitan city
A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
A big ci ...
in
Sicily,
Italy. Its capital is the city of
Messina
Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in t ...
. It replaced the
Province of Messina and comprises the city of Messina and other 107 municipalities (''comuni''). According to
Eurostat
Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Eurostat's main responsibilities are to provide statistical information to ...
in 2014, the
FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina had 277,584 inhabitants.
The nearby archipelago of
Aeolian Islands
The Aeolian Islands ( ; it, Isole Eolie ; scn, Ìsuli Eoli), sometimes referred to as the Lipari Islands or Lipari group ( , ) after their largest island, are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, said to be named afte ...
also is administratively a part of Metropolitan City of Messina.
History
It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the regional law 15 August 2015.
Geography
Territory
The metropolitan city borders with the
Metropolitan City of Palermo (the former
Province of Palermo), the
Metropolitan City of Catania
The Metropolitan City of Catania ( it, Città metropolitana di Catania) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania. It replaced the Province of Catania and comprises the city of Catania and other 57 municip ...
(the former
Province of Catania) and the
Province of Enna
Enna ( it, Provincia di Enna; Sicilian: ''Pruvincia di Enna''; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Enna'') is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy.
It was created in 1927, out of parts of the Provinces of Caltanis ...
. Part of its territory includes the
Metropolitan area of the Strait of Messina, shared with
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label=Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popula ...
.
Municipalities
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Acquedolci
Acquedolci ( Sicilian: ''Acquaduci'') is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina in Sicily.
Its name, that can be translated in English as "sweet waters", probably came from the fresh water springs which are part of th ...
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Alcara li Fusi
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Alì
Alì is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Alì borders the following municipalities: Alì Terme, Fiumedinisi, Itala
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Alì Terme
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Antillo
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Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (; Sicilian: ''Baccialona Pizzaottu'') is a town and ''comune'' of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of Sicily, Italy, from Messina towards Palermo. It belongs to the Metropolitan City of Messina.
His ...
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Basicò
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Brolo
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Capizzi
Capizzi (Greek: ; Latin: Capitium) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Capizzi borders the following municipalitie ...
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Capo d'Orlando
Capo d'Orlando ( scn, Capu d'Orlannu) is a in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy, one of the main centers of the mountain and coastal Nebrodi area.
History
After the destruction of the Greek colony of Agathyrnum ...
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Capri Leone
Capri Leone ( Sicilian: ''Capri Liuni'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the southern Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Capri Leone sits in the foothills of t ...
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Caronia
Caronia ( Sicilian: ''Carunìa'', Greek: ( Ptol.) or ( Diod. et al.), Latin: ''Calacte'' or ''Cale Acte'') is a town and ''comune'' on the north coast of Sicily, in the province of Messina, about half way between Tyndaris (modern Tindari) and ...
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Casalvecchio Siculo
Casalvecchio Siculo ( Sicilian: ''Casalvecchiu Sìculu'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Main sights
*Church of '' ...
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Castel di Lucio
Castel di Lucio ( Sicilian: ''Castiddruzzu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. Castel di Lucio borders the following munic ...
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Castell'Umberto
Castell'Umberto ( Sicilian: ''Castedd'Umbertu'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Castell'Umberto borders the following mu ...
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Castelmola
Castelmola ( Sicilian: ''Castermula'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,107 an ...
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Castroreale
Castroreale ( Sicilian: ''Castruriali'') is a village in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy.
It has around 2,702 inhabitants but over 80 churches, with some houses dating to the 13th century. It is from Barcellona Pozzo di ...
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Cesarò
Cesarò is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina
Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Met ...
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Condrò
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Falcone
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Ficarra
Ficarra is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina, in the Monti Nebrodi. It is surrounded by woods of hazel and olive trees.
Histo ...
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Fiumedinisi
Fiumedinisi ( Sicilian: ''Ciumidinisi'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Fiumedinisi borders the following municipal ...
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Floresta
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Fondachelli-Fantina
Fondachelli-Fantina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. Situated between Novara and Francavilla di Sicilia, in the southern Peloritani mountains, it is above sea level. The community borde ...
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Forza d'Agrò
Forza d'Agrò is a town and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy.
Forza d'Agrò is on the lower peak of a small mountain, while on the higher peak that overlooks the town are the remains of a Norman castle.
Hi ...
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Francavilla di Sicilia
Francavilla di Sicilia ( Sicilian: ''Francavigghia'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina on the island of Sicily, southern Italy.
It has a population of about 3,900 people and is situated in the southern part of the prov ...
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Frazzanò
Frazzanò is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Frazzanò borders the following municipalities: Capri Leone, Galati Mamertino ...
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Furci Siculo
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Furnari
Furnari ( Sicilian: ''Fùrnari'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Furnari borders the following municipalities: Falcon ...
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Gaggi
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Galati Mamertino
Galati Mamertino is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Galati Mamertino borders the following municipalities: Frazzanò, Longi, ...
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Gallodoro
Gallodoro ( Sicilian: ''Jaddudoru'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Messina in Sicily, Italy located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 402 and an area of .Al ...
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Giardini Naxos
Giardini NaxosSometimes spelled as Giardini-Naxos. However, the official form as used in the statuto comunale'' is not hyphenated. ( scn, Giaddini; English translation: Naxos Gardens) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina on the isla ...
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Gioiosa Marea
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Graniti
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Gualtieri Sicaminò
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Itala
Itala was a car manufacturer based in Turin, Italy, from 1904 to 1934, started by Matteo Ceirano and five partners in 1903.
Ceirano family background
The Ceirano brothers, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni, Ernesto and Matteo, were influential in ...
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Leni
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Letojanni
Letojanni ( Sicilian: ''Letujanni'') is a '' comune'' (municipality), and coastal resort in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Letojanni borders the following muni ...
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Librizzi
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Limina
Limina ( Sicilian: ''Lìmmina'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina in the Peloritani mountains.
Limina borders the f ...
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Lipari
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Longi
Longi ( Sicilian: ''Lonci'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Longi borders the following municipalities: Alcara li ...
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Malfa
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Malvagna
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Mandanici
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Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea borders the following municipalities: ...
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Merì
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Messina
Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in t ...
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Milazzo
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Militello Rosmarino
Militello Rosmarino ( Sicilian: ''Militiedddu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Militello Rosmarino borders the following ...
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Mirto
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Mistretta
Mistretta ( Sicilian: ''Mistritta'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Mistretta borders the following municipalities: Cap ...
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Mojo Alcantara
Mojo Alcantara ( Sicilian: ''Moju d'Alcàntara'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Mojo Alcantara borders the followi ...
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Monforte San Giorgio
Monforte San Giorgio ( Sicilian: ''Munforti'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
It is home to the remains of a castle bu ...
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Mongiuffi Melia
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Montagnareale
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Montalbano Elicona
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Motta Camastra
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Motta d'Affermo
Motta d'Affermo ( Sicilian: ''Motta d'Affermu'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Motta d'Affermo borders the following municipalit ...
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Naso
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Nizza di Sicilia
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Novara di Sicilia
Novara di Sicilia (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: Nuè; Sicilian: ''Nuvara'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region of Sicily, located about east of Palermo and some southwest of Messina.
Novara di ...
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Oliveri
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Pace del Mela
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Pagliara
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Patti
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Pettineo
Pettineo ( Sicilian: ''Pittineu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina
Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capit ...
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Piraino
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Raccuja
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Reitano
Reitano ( Sicilian: ''Ritanu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region of Sicily, about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Reitano borders the following municipalities: Mistretta, ...
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Roccafiorita
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Roccalumera
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Roccavaldina
Roccavaldina ( Sicilian: ''Roccavaddina'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Roccavaldina borders the following municipalit ...
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Roccella Valdemone
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Rodì Milici
Rodì Milici ( Sicilian: ''Rudìa Milici'') is an Italian ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina in Sicily. The comune is located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Rodì Milici borders the following municipalities: Antil ...
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Rometta
Rometta ( Sicilian: ''Ramietta'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina. It was the last bastion of Sicily controlled by the Eas ...
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San Filippo del Mela
San Filippo del Mela ( Sicilian: ''San Filippu'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
San Filippo del Mela borders the follow ...
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San Fratello
San Fratello (Gallo-Italic: San Frareau, Sicilian: ''Santu Frateddu'', Greek and Latin: ''Apollonia'', Medieval Latin ''Castrum S. Philadelphi''), formerly San Filadelfo, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the ...
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San Marco d'Alunzio
San Marco d'Alunzio ( scn, San Marcu, Ancient Greek: ( Ptol.) or ( Dion.), Latin: ''Aluntium'' or ''Haluntium'') is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, near the north coast of ...
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San Pier Niceto
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San Piero Patti
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San Salvatore di Fitalia
San Salvatore di Fitalia ( Sicilian: ''Santu Sarvaturi di Fitalia'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region of Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
San Salvatore di Fitalia bo ...
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Santa Domenica Vittoria
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Sant'Agata di Militello
Sant'Agata di Militello ( Sicilian: ''Sant'Àita di Militeddu'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Sant'Agata di Militello ...
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Sant'Alessio Siculo
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Santa Lucia del Mela
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Santa Marina Salina
Santa Marina Salina is a '' comune'' (municipality) and one of the main towns on Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands. It is situated in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about northeast of Palermo and about n ...
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Sant'Angelo di Brolo
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ( Sicilian: ''Sant'Àncilu di Brolu'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Sant'Angelo di Brolo borders ...
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Santa Teresa di Riva
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San Teodoro
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Santo Stefano di Camastra
Santo Stefano di Camastra ( Sicilian: ''Santu Stèfanu di Camastra'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 100 km east of Palermo and about 135 km west of Messina ...
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Saponara
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Savoca
Savoca ( Sicilian: ''Sàvuca'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina.
Savoca borders the following municipalities: Casalvecchio S ...
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Scaletta Zanclea
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Sinagra
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Spadafora
Spadafora ( Sicilian: ''Spatafora'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about northwest of Messina.
Spadafora borders the following municipa ...
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Taormina
Taormina ( , , also , ; scn, Taurmina) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century. Its beaches on ...
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Terme Vigliatore
Terme Vigliatore ( Sicilian: ''Tèrmini Vigghiaturi'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina at the mouth of the Patrì river. ...
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Torregrotta
Torregrotta ( Sicilian: ''Turri'') is a small town and municipality ('' comune'') in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
It is the twelfth most populous municip ...
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Torrenova
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Tortorici
Tortorici ( Sicilian: ''Turturici'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Located in the Nebrodi regional park, Tortorici bord ...
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Tripi
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Tusa
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Ucria
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Valdina
Valdina ( Sicilian: ''Vaddina'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina.
Valdina borders the following municipalities: Roccavald ...
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Venetico
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Villafranca Tirrena
Government
List of Metropolitan Mayors of Messina
Traditions
See also
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Province of Messina
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Strait of Messina metropolitan area
References
External links
Metropolitan City of Messina official website
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Messina
Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in t ...