Metropolitan City of Messina
Metropolitan City of Messina
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Palazzo del Leoni, the metropolitan city seat | |
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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 (2025) | |
• Total | 595,948 |
| • Density | 182.464/km2 (472.579/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €10.980 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €17,076 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 98121-98168 (Messina) 98020-98079 (other municipalities) |
| ISO 3166 code | IT-ME |
| Vehicle registration | ME |
| ISTAT | 283 |
| 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 Messina and 107 other comuni (sg.: comune).
It has 595,948 inhabitants as of 2025. According to Eurostat in 2014, the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina had 277,584 inhabitants. The nearby archipelago of Aeolian Islands is also administratively a part of the Metropolitan City of Messina.