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Messina
Missina (Sicilian) | |
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| Comune di Messina | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Position of the commune in the Metropolitan City | |
Location of Messina  | |
  Messina Location of Messina in Italy  Messina Messina (Sicily) | |
| Coordinates: 38°11′37″N 15°33′15″E / 38.19361°N 15.55417°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Metropolitan city | Messina (ME) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Federico Basile |
| Area | |
• Total | 213.23 km2 (82.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 218,786 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Messinese |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 98100 |
| Dialing code | 090 |
| ISTAT code | 083048 |
| Patron saint | Madonna of the Letter |
| Saint day | June 3 |
| Website | Official website |
Messina (/mɛˈsiːnə/ mess-EE-nə, US also /mɪˈ-/ miss-;[3][4][5] Italian: [mesˈsiːna] ; Sicilian: Missina [mɪsˈsiːna])[a] 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 218,000[6] inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the Metropolitan City. It is located near the northeast corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina and it is an important access terminal to Calabria region, Villa San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria on the mainland. According to Eurostat[7] the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina has, in 2014, 277,584 inhabitants.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1861 | 104,036 | — |
| 1871 | 112,512 | +8.1% |
| 1881 | 126,776 | +12.7% |
| 1901 | 147,589 | +16.4% |
| 1911 | 128,121 | −13.2% |
| 1921 | 177,196 | +38.3% |
| 1931 | 179,914 | +1.5% |
| 1936 | 191,966 | +6.7% |
| 1951 | 220,590 | +14.9% |
| 1961 | 254,538 | +15.4% |
| 1971 | 250,519 | −1.6% |
| 1981 | 260,118 | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 231,693 | −10.9% |
| 2001 | 252,026 | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 243,262 | −3.5% |
| 2021 | 221,246 | −9.1% |
| Source: ISTAT | ||
The city's main resources are its seaports (commercial and military shipyards), cruise tourism, commerce, and agriculture (wine production and cultivating lemons, oranges, mandarin oranges, and olives). The city has been a Roman Catholic Archdiocese and Archimandrite seat since 1548 and is home to a locally important international fair. The city has the University of Messina, founded in 1548 by Ignatius of Loyola.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Data from ISTAT
- ^ "Messina" (US) and "Messina". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Messina". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Messina". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Resident population on 1st January". dati.istat.it. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas [urb_lpop1]". Eurostat. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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