Metropolitan City of Messina

Not to be confused with Strait of Messina metropolitan area.
Metropolitan City of Messina
Città metropolitana di Messina (Italian)
Citati mètrupulitana di Missina (Sicilian)
Metropolitan City
Palazzo del Leoni, the provincial seat
Palazzo del Leoni, the provincial seat
Coat of arms of Metropolitan City of Messina
Coat of arms
Location of the Metropolitan City of Messina
Location of the Metropolitan City of Messina
Coordinates: 38°11′00″N 15°33′00″E / 38.18333°N 15.55000°E / 38.18333; 15.55000
Country Italy
RegionSicily
Established4 August 2015
Capital(s)Messina
Comuni108
Government
 • Metropolitan MayorFederico Basile
Area
 • Total
3,266.12 km2 (1,261.06 sq mi)
Population
 (1-1-2023)
 • Total
598,811
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
GDP
[1]
 • Metro€10.980 billion (2015)
 • Per capita€17,076 (2015)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeIT-ME
ISTAT283[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Metropolitan City of Messina (Italian: città metropolitana di Messina) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina. It replaced the province of Messina and comprises the city of Messina and 107 comuni (sg.: comune). According to Eurostat in 2014,[3] the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina had 277,584 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1951667,963—    
1961685,260+2.6%
1971654,703−4.5%
1981669,323+2.2%
1991646,871−3.4%
2001662,450+2.4%
2011649,824−1.9%
2021603,229−7.2%
Source: ISTAT

The nearby archipelago of Aeolian Islands is also administratively a part of the Metropolitan City of Messina.

  1. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017". www.istat.it (in Italian). 23 December 2016.
  3. ^ http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en [bare URL]