Back Ciudá metropolitana de Messina AST Metropolitanstod Messina BAR Meurgêr Messina Breton Ciutat metropolitana de Messina Catalan Metropolitní město Messina Czech Dinas Fetropolitan Messina Welsh Metropolitanstadt Messina German Μητροπολιτική πόλη της Μεσσίνας Greek Ciudad metropolitana de Mesina Spanish Messinan metropolikaupunki Finnish
Metropolitan City of Messina | |
|---|---|
 Palazzo del Leoni, the provincial seat | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of the Metropolitan City of Messina | |
| Coordinates: 38°11′00″N 15°33′00″E / 38.18333°N 15.55000°E | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Established | 4 August 2015 |
| Capital(s) | Messina |
| Comuni | 108 |
| Government | |
| • Metropolitan Mayor | Federico Basile |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,266.12 km2 (1,261.06 sq mi) |
| Population (1-1-2023) | |
| • Total | 598,811 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €10.980 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €17,076 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IT-ME |
| ISTAT | 283[2] |
| Website | Official 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.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 667,963 | — |
| 1961 | 685,260 | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 654,703 | −4.5% |
| 1981 | 669,323 | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 646,871 | −3.4% |
| 2001 | 662,450 | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 649,824 | −1.9% |
| 2021 | 603,229 | −7.2% |
| Source: ISTAT | ||
The nearby archipelago of Aeolian Islands is also administratively a part of the Metropolitan City of Messina.
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017". www.istat.it (in Italian). 23 December 2016.
- ^ http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en [bare URL]