Metropolitan City of Messina


The Metropolitan City of 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.
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.
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History

It was first created by the reform of local authorities and then established on 15 August 2015.

Geography

The metropolitan city borders with the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the Metropolitan City of Catania and the province of Enna. Part of its territory includes the Metropolitan area of the Strait of Messina, shared with Reggio Calabria.
It had an area of, which amounts to 12.6 percent of total area of the island, and a total population of more 650,000. There are 108 comuni in the metropolitan city.
The metropolitan city included the Aeolian Islands, all part of the comune of Lipari. The territory is largely mountainous, with the exception of alluvial plain at the mouths of the various rivers. The largest plain is that in the area between Milazzo and Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, which, together with Messina, form a metropolitan area of some 500,000 inhabitants, one of the largest in southern Italy. Much of the population is concentrated in the coastal area, after the hill towns have been largely abandoned from the 19th century.
The main mountain ridges are the Peloritani, up to in elevation, and the Nebrodi, up to, which are included in a Regional Natural Reserve.
Rivers of the metropolitan city include the Alcantara and the Pollina, which forms the border with the Metropolitan City of Palermo to the west.

Municipalities

The most populous municipalities in the metropolitan city are:
MunicipalityPopulationArea
Density
Messina216,918213.231,017
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto39,77858.89675
Milazzo29,83024.231,231
Capo d'Orlando13,06114932
Lipari12,79389.72142
Patti12,67450.08253
Sant'Agata di Militello12,03633.5359
Taormina10,43313.13794
Santa Teresa di Riva9,2008.121,133
Giardini-Naxos9,3775.291,773

The full list of all 108 municipalities is:

Traditions and folklore

dateFeastCity
6 DecemberFeast of Saint NicholasSaponara
8 DecemberFeast of the Immaculate ConceptionSaponara
13 DecemberFeast of Saint LucySanta Lucia del Mela
6 Januaryliving Nativity sceneMontalbano Elicona
20 JanuaryFeast of Saint SebastianMistretta
19 MarchFeast of Saint JosephOliveri
19 March and Tuesday after EasterFeast of Saint JosephPiraino
19 MarchFeast of Saint JosephMerì
the 11-12 and third Suturday of MayFeast of Saint Philip of AgiraLimina
3 JuneFeast of the Madonna della LetteraMessina
3 JuneFeast of the Madonna della LetteraItala
12 JuneFeast of the Madonna di MontaltoMessina
13 June and following SundayFeast of Anthony of PaduaMilazzo
24 JuneFeast of Saint John the BaptistCastanea, Messina
29 JuneFeast of Saint Peter and Saint PaulSan Pier Niceto
2 JulyFeast of Our Lady of GracesFurci Siculo
first Sunday of JulyFeast of Saint Maria AnnunziataMerì
first Sunday of JulyFeast of the Madonna of the saint waterValdina
first Sunday of JulyFeast of Our Lady of GracesNaso
second Sunday of JulyFeast of the Saint Guardian AngelFondachelli-Fantina
16 JulyFeast of Our Lady of Mount CarmelRoccalumera
25 JulyFeast of the Saint JamesCapizzi
first Sunday of AugustFeast on the sea of the Saint Mary of Porto SalvoSanta Teresa di Riva
first Sunday of AugustFeast on the sea of the Saint SebastianGraniti
3 AugustFeast of the Madonna of DinnammareLarderia, Messina
5 AugustFeast of the Saint Mary of the SnowsSanta Lucia del Mela
9–10 AugustFeast of Saint LorenzFrazzanò
second Sunday of AugustFeast of Saint LucySavoca
second Sunday of AugustFeast of Saint SebastianGaggi
14–16 AugustFeast on the Assumption of MaryGallodoro
15 AugustFeast on the Assumption of MaryMessina
15 AugustFeast on the Assumption of MaryNovara di Sicilia
first Sunday of SeptemberFeast of the Madonna of the chainMongiuffi Melia
8 SeptemberFeast of the Madonna of the Divine providenceFondachelli-Fantina
7–8 SeptemberFeast of the black Madonna of TindariTindari

Transport

Motorways

The metropolitan city is crossed by the following motorways :

Railway lines