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 ...

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. Its capital is the city of Messina. It replaced the

Province of Messina Messina (, ) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital was the city of Messina. It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina. Geography Territory It had an area of , which amounts to 12.6 percent ...

and comprises the city of Messina and other 107 municipalities (''comuni''). According to Eurostat in 2014, the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina had 277,584 inhabitants. The nearby archipelago of Aeolian Islands 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 Province of Palermo ( it, provincia di Palermo; Sicilian: ''pruvincia di Palermu'') was a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, a major island in Southern Italy. Its capital was the city of Palermo. On 4 August 2015, it was replaced ...

), the Metropolitan City of Catania (the former

Province of Catania The Province of Catania ( it, Provincia di Catania; scn, Pruvincia di Catania) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. Its capital was the city of Catania. It had an area of and a total population of about 1, ...

) and the

Province of Enna Enna ( it, Provincia di Enna; sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Pruvincia di Enna''; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Enna'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It was created in 1927, out ...

. Part of its territory includes the Metropolitan area of the Strait of Messina, shared with Reggio Calabria. Isola Bella Island Sicily

Panorama Laghetti di Marinello e Tindari

Municipalities

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 ...

* Alcara li Fusi * Alì * Alì Terme *

Antillo Antillo ( Sicilian: ''Antiddu'') 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. Antillo borders the following municipalities: Cas ...

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. Hi ...

* Basicò *

Brolo __NOTOC__ Brolo ( Sicilian: ''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. Brolo borders the following municipalities: Ficarra ...

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 municipalities ...

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 ...

* Capri Leone *

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) ...

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 ' ...

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 munici ...

* Castell'Umberto *

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 ...

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 ...

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. It is included in the Parco dei Nebrodi Parco can refer to: * Parco, Tibe ...

* Condrò * Falcone * Ficarra * Fiumedinisi * Floresta *

Fondachelli-Fantina Fondachelli-Fantina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. Situated between Novara di Sicilia, Novara and Francavilla di Sicilia, in the southern Peloritani mountains, it is above sea level. Th ...

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. Hist ...

* Francavilla di Sicilia * Frazzanò * Furci Siculo *

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: Falcone ...

* Gaggi * Galati Mamertino *

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 ...

Giardini Naxos Giardini NaxosSometimes spelled as Giardini-Naxos. However, the official form as used in the statuto comunale'' is not hyphenated. ( scn, Giaddini; English language, English translation: Naxos Gardens) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of M ...

Gioiosa Marea Gioiosa Marea ( Sicilian: ''Giujusa'') 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. Gioiosa Marea borders the following municipalitie ...

* Graniti * Gualtieri Sicaminò *

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 Ceirano, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Ceirano, Giovanni ...

* Leni *

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 mun ...

Librizzi Librizzi ( Sicilian: ''Libbrizzi'') 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 ...

Limina Limina (Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Lìmmina'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italy, Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina in the Peloritani mountains. ...

Lipari Lipari (; scn, Lìpari) is the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily, southern Italy; it is also the name of the island's main town and ''comune'', which is administratively part of the Metropo ...

* Longi * Malfa * Malvagna * Mandanici *

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: Fu ...

Merì Merì 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. Merì borders the following municipalities: Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Milazzo ...

* Messina *

Milazzo Milazzo ( Sicilian: ''Milazzu''; la, Mylae; ) is a town (''comune'') in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy; it is the largest commune in the Metropolitan City after Messina and Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. The town has a p ...

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 followi ...

Mirto Mirto may refer to: People * Alexander Mirto Frangipani, Roman Catholic prelate * Fabio Mirto Frangipani (died 1587), Roman Catholic prelate * Mirto Davoine (1933-1999), Uruguayan football player * Mirto Picchi (1915-1980), Italian dramatic tenor ...

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: Capi ...

* Mojo Alcantara * Monforte San Giorgio * Mongiuffi Melia *

Montagnareale Montagnareale ( Sicilian: ''Muntagnariali'') 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. Montagnareale borders the following munici ...

* Montalbano Elicona * Motta Camastra *

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 municipali ...

* Naso * Nizza di Sicilia *

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 ...

* Oliveri * Pace del Mela * Pagliara * Patti *

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. Pettineo is a beautifully restored medieval city, situa ...

Piraino Piraino ( Sicilian: ''Piràinu'') 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. The municipality of Piraino contains the ''frazioni'' (s ...

Raccuja Raccuja 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. Raccuja borders the following municipalities: San Piero Patti, Sant'Angelo di Br ...

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, Mo ...

* Roccafiorita * Roccalumera * Roccavaldina *

Roccella Valdemone Roccella Valdemone ( Sicilian: ''Rascidda Vaddemuni'') 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. Roccella Valdemone borders ...

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: An ...

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 Ea ...

* San Filippo del Mela *

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 ...

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 th ...

* San Pier Niceto * San Piero Patti *

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 ...

* Santa Domenica Vittoria *

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 ...

* Sant'Alessio Siculo * Santa Lucia del Mela * Santa Marina Salina * Sant'Angelo di Brolo *

Santa Teresa di Riva Santa Teresa di Riva ( scn, Santa Tresa di Riva) is a small town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy, located about from Taormina. The town was known until 1854 as Marina di Savoca when it was renamed in hon ...

* San Teodoro *

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. ...

Saponara Saponara ( Sicilian: ''Sapunara'') 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. Saponara borders the following municipalities: Messina, ...

* Savoca * Scaletta Zanclea * Sinagra * Spadafora *

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 ...

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. ...

* Torregrotta * Torrenova * Tortorici *

Tripi Tripi is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It is located on the site of Abacaenum, an ancient Sicel town. Public transport Railways ''Novara-Montalbano-Furnari railway station'' is on the Paler ...

History

Geography

Territory

Municipalities

Government

List of Metropolitan Mayors of Messina

Traditions

See also

References

External links