Metropolitan City of Messina
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.
Not to be confused with Strait of Messina metropolitan area.
Metropolitan City of Messina
4 August 2015
108
3,266.12 km2 (1,261.06 sq mi)
598,811
180/km2 (470/sq mi)
€10.980 billion (2015)
€17,076 (2015)
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The nearby archipelago of Aeolian Islands is also administratively a part of the Metropolitan City of Messina.
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Territory[edit]
The metropolitan city borders with the Metropolitan City of Palermo (the former province of Palermo), the Metropolitan City of Catania (the former province of Catania) and the province of Enna. Part of its territory includes the Metropolitan area of the Strait of Messina, shared with Reggio Calabria.