Metropolitan_City_of_Messina

Metropolitan City of Messina

Metropolitan City of Messina

Metropolitan City in Sicily, Italy

Not to be confused with Strait of Messina metropolitan area.

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.

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The nearby archipelago of Aeolian Islands is also administratively a part of the Metropolitan City of Messina.

History

It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established on 15 August 2015.[4]

Geography

Territory

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.

Isola Bella, Taormina
Alcantara canyon
The Rocca Salvatesta (1340 m) from Fondachelli-Fantina
The Sanctuary of Tindari
Megaliths of Argimusco, Montalbano-Elicona
Feast of the Guardian Angel, the second Sunday of July at Fondachelli Fantina

Municipalities

Government

List of Metropolitan Mayors of Messina

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Traditions

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017". www.istat.it (in Italian). 23 December 2016.
  3. [3]
    http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en [bare URL]
  4. [4]
    "Città metropolitane-legge 4 agosto 2015 n 15" (PDF) (in Italian).
  5. [5]
    Suspended from office from 10 October 2017 to 8 March 2018.
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