Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria


Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Calabria region of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Reggio Calabria and 97 other comuni in the hinterland of the city. It has 511,935 inhabitants as of 2025. It replaced the province of Reggio Calabria in 2017.
Comprising the "toe" of the boot-shaped Italian Peninsula, the Aspromonte massif dominates the western part of the metropolitan city's territory: with its long coastline, it is a popular tourist destination during the summer.

History

The Metropolitan City was created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990), and then established by the Law 56/2014.

Government

The Metropolitan City is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor and the Metropolitan Council.