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interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitanstod_Messina" title="Metropolitanstod Messina – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Metropolitanstod Messina" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meurg%C3%AAr_Messina" title="Meurgêr Messina – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Meurgêr Messina" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciutat_metropolitana_de_Messina" title="Ciutat metropolitana de Messina – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ciutat metropolitana de Messina" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitn%C3%AD_m%C4%9Bsto_Messina" title="Metropolitní město Messina – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Metropolitní město Messina" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinas_Fetropolitan_Messina" title="Dinas Fetropolitan Messina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Dinas Fetropolitan Messina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitanstadt_Messina" title="Metropolitanstadt Messina – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Metropolitanstadt Messina" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B7%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Μητροπολιτική πόλη της Μεσσίνας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μητροπολιτική πόλη της Μεσσίνας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_metropolitana_de_Mesina" title="Ciudad metropolitana de Mesina – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ciudad metropolitana de Mesina" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville_m%C3%A9tropolitaine_de_Messine" title="Ville métropolitaine de Messine – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ville métropolitaine de Messine" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EC%8B%9C%EB%82%98_%EA%B4%91%EC%97%AD%EC%8B%9C" title="메시나 광역시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메시나 광역시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citate_Metropolitan_de_Messina" title="Citate Metropolitan de Messina – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Citate Metropolitan de Messina" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citt%C3%A0_metropolitana_di_Messina" title="Città metropolitana di Messina – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Città metropolitana di Messina" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zit%C3%A0_metropolitana_de_Messina" title="Zità metropolitana de Messina – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Zità metropolitana de Messina" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbs_metropolitana_Messanensis" title="Urbs metropolitana Messanensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Urbs metropolitana Messanensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mes%C4%ABnas_metropole" title="Mesīnas metropole – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mesīnas metropole" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87itt%C3%A6_metropolitann-a_de_Mesc%C3%ACnn-a" title="Çittæ metropolitann-a de Mescìnn-a – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Çittæ metropolitann-a de Mescìnn-a" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitanst%C3%A4%C3%A4d_Messina" title="Metropolitanstääd Messina – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Metropolitanstääd Messina" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storbyomr%C3%A5det_Messina" title="Storbyområdet Messina – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Storbyområdet Messina" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciutat_Metropolitana_de_Messina" title="Ciutat Metropolitana de Messina – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Ciutat Metropolitana de Messina" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasto_metropolitalne_Mesyna" title="Miasto metropolitalne Mesyna – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Miasto metropolitalne Mesyna" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4)" title="Мессина (метрополитенский город) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мессина (метрополитенский город)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_City_of_Messina" title="Metropolitan City of Messina – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Metropolitan City of Messina" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitansko_mesto_Messina" title="Metropolitansko mesto Messina – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Metropolitansko mesto Messina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitanski_grad_Messina" title="Metropolitanski grad Messina – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Metropolitanski grad Messina" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinan_metropolikaupunki" title="Messinan metropolikaupunki – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Messinan metropolikaupunki" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalakhang_Lungsod_ng_Mesina" title="Kalakhang Lungsod ng Mesina – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Kalakhang Lungsod ng Mesina" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messina_(metropoliten_%C5%9Fehir)" title="Messina (metropoliten şehir) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Messina (metropoliten şehir)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE)" title="Мессіна (метрополійне місто) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мессіна (метрополійне місто)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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.infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Metropolitan City of Messina</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><small><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Città metropolitana di Messina</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>)</span><br /><span title="Sicilian-language text"><i lang="scn">Citati mètrupulitana di Missina</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Sicilian_language" title="Sicilian language">Sicilian</a>)</span></small></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_cities_of_Italy" title="Metropolitan cities of Italy">Metropolitan City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palazzo_della_Provincia_Regionale1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palazzo del Leoni, the provincial seat"><img alt="Palazzo del Leoni, the provincial seat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Palazzo_della_Provincia_Regionale1.jpg/250px-Palazzo_della_Provincia_Regionale1.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Palazzo_della_Provincia_Regionale1.jpg/375px-Palazzo_della_Provincia_Regionale1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Palazzo_della_Provincia_Regionale1.jpg/500px-Palazzo_della_Provincia_Regionale1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="285" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Palazzo del Leoni, the provincial seat</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Provincia_di_Messina-Stemma.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Metropolitan City of Messina"><img alt="Coat of arms of Metropolitan City of Messina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Provincia_di_Messina-Stemma.svg/67px-Provincia_di_Messina-Stemma.svg.png" decoding="async" width="67" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Provincia_di_Messina-Stemma.svg/101px-Provincia_di_Messina-Stemma.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Provincia_di_Messina-Stemma.svg/135px-Provincia_di_Messina-Stemma.svg.png 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class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&params=38_11_00_N_15_33_00_E_region:IT-ME_type:city(65,000)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°11′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">15°33′00″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.18333°N 15.55000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.18333; 15.55000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">4 August 2015</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Comune" title="Comune">Comuni</a></i></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>108</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metropolitan Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federico_Basile" title="Federico Basile">Federico Basile</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,266.12 km<sup>2</sup> (1,261.06 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(1-1-2023)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">598,811</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">180/km<sup>2</sup> (470/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro</th><td class="infobox-data">€10.980 billion (2015)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">€17,076 (2015)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">IT-ME</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Istituto_Nazionale_di_Statistica" class="mw-redirect" title="Istituto Nazionale di Statistica">ISTAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">283<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cittametropolitana.me.it/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p> The <b>Metropolitan City of Messina</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">città metropolitana di Messina</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_cities_of_Italy" title="Metropolitan cities of Italy">metropolitan city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, Italy. Its capital is the city of <a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a>. It replaced the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Messina" title="Province of Messina">province of Messina</a> and comprises the city of Messina and 107 <i><a href="/wiki/Comuni" class="mw-redirect" title="Comuni">comuni</a></i> (<abbr title="singular form">sg.</abbr>: <i><a href="/wiki/Comune" title="Comune">comune</a></i>). According to <a href="/wiki/Eurostat" title="Eurostat">Eurostat</a> in 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Larger_urban_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Larger urban zone">FUA</a> of the metropolitan area of Messina had 277,584 inhabitants.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style></p><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">667,963</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">685,260</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">654,703</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">669,323</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">646,871</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−3.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">662,450</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">649,824</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">603,229</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−7.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a href="/wiki/Istituto_Nazionale_di_Statistica" class="mw-redirect" title="Istituto Nazionale di Statistica">ISTAT</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The nearby archipelago of <a href="/wiki/Aeolian_Islands" title="Aeolian Islands">Aeolian Islands</a> is also administratively a part of the Metropolitan City of Messina. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established on 15 August 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Territory">Territory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Territory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The metropolitan city borders with the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_City_of_Palermo" title="Metropolitan City of Palermo">Metropolitan City of Palermo</a> (the former <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Palermo" title="Province of Palermo">province of Palermo</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_City_of_Catania" title="Metropolitan City of Catania">Metropolitan City of Catania</a> (the former <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Catania" title="Province of Catania">province of Catania</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Enna" title="Province of Enna">province of Enna</a>. Part of its territory includes the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Messina_metropolitan_area" title="Strait of Messina metropolitan area">Metropolitan area of the Strait of Messina</a>, shared with <a href="/wiki/Reggio_Calabria" title="Reggio Calabria">Reggio Calabria</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Isola_Bella_Island_Sicily.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Isola Bella, Taormina"><img alt="Isola Bella, Taormina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Isola_Bella_Island_Sicily.jpg/200px-Isola_Bella_Island_Sicily.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Isola_Bella_Island_Sicily.jpg/300px-Isola_Bella_Island_Sicily.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Isola_Bella_Island_Sicily.jpg/400px-Isola_Bella_Island_Sicily.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Isola Bella, <a href="/wiki/Taormina" title="Taormina">Taormina</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alcantara_canyon_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alcantara canyon"><img alt="Alcantara canyon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Alcantara_canyon_5.jpg/200px-Alcantara_canyon_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Alcantara_canyon_5.jpg/300px-Alcantara_canyon_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Alcantara_canyon_5.jpg/400px-Alcantara_canyon_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4228" data-file-height="2332" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Alcantara_(river)" title="Alcantara (river)">Alcantara</a> canyon</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rocca_Salvatesta,_Sicily.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Rocca Salvatesta (1,340 metres (4,400 ft)) from Fondachelli-Fantina"><img alt="The Rocca Salvatesta (1,340 metres (4,400 ft)) from Fondachelli-Fantina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rocca_Salvatesta%2C_Sicily.JPG/200px-Rocca_Salvatesta%2C_Sicily.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rocca_Salvatesta%2C_Sicily.JPG/300px-Rocca_Salvatesta%2C_Sicily.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rocca_Salvatesta%2C_Sicily.JPG/400px-Rocca_Salvatesta%2C_Sicily.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2263" data-file-height="1524" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Rocca_di_Novara" title="Rocca di Novara">Rocca Salvatesta</a> (1,340 metres (4,400 ft)) from <a href="/wiki/Fondachelli-Fantina" title="Fondachelli-Fantina">Fondachelli-Fantina</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Panorama_Laghetti_di_Marinello_e_Tindari.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Sanctuary of Tindari"><img alt="The Sanctuary of Tindari" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Panorama_Laghetti_di_Marinello_e_Tindari.jpg/200px-Panorama_Laghetti_di_Marinello_e_Tindari.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Panorama_Laghetti_di_Marinello_e_Tindari.jpg/300px-Panorama_Laghetti_di_Marinello_e_Tindari.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Panorama_Laghetti_di_Marinello_e_Tindari.jpg/400px-Panorama_Laghetti_di_Marinello_e_Tindari.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Sanctuary of <a href="/wiki/Tindari" title="Tindari">Tindari</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Argimusco2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Megaliths of Argimusco, Montalbano-Elicona"><img alt="Megaliths of Argimusco, Montalbano-Elicona" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Argimusco2.JPG/200px-Argimusco2.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Argimusco2.JPG/300px-Argimusco2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Argimusco2.JPG/400px-Argimusco2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Megaliths of <a href="/wiki/Argimusco" title="Argimusco">Argimusco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montalbano_Elicona" title="Montalbano Elicona">Montalbano-Elicona</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Angelo_custode,_fondachelli_fantina.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Feast of the Guardian Angel, the second Sunday of July at Fondachelli Fantina"><img alt="Feast of the Guardian Angel, the second Sunday of July at Fondachelli Fantina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Angelo_custode%2C_fondachelli_fantina.JPG/200px-Angelo_custode%2C_fondachelli_fantina.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Angelo_custode%2C_fondachelli_fantina.JPG/300px-Angelo_custode%2C_fondachelli_fantina.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Angelo_custode%2C_fondachelli_fantina.JPG/400px-Angelo_custode%2C_fondachelli_fantina.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Feast of the <a href="/wiki/Guardian_Angel" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardian Angel">Guardian Angel</a>, the second Sunday of July at <a href="/wiki/Fondachelli-Fantina" title="Fondachelli-Fantina">Fondachelli Fantina</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acquedolci" title="Acquedolci">Acquedolci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcara_li_Fusi" title="Alcara li Fusi">Alcara li Fusi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al%C3%AC" title="Alì">Alì</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al%C3%AC_Terme" title="Alì Terme">Alì Terme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antillo" title="Antillo">Antillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barcellona_Pozzo_di_Gotto" title="Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto">Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic%C3%B2" title="Basicò">Basicò</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brolo" title="Brolo">Brolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capizzi" title="Capizzi">Capizzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capo_d%27Orlando" title="Capo d'Orlando">Capo d'Orlando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capri_Leone" title="Capri Leone">Capri Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caronia" title="Caronia">Caronia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casalvecchio_Siculo" title="Casalvecchio Siculo">Casalvecchio Siculo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castel_di_Lucio" title="Castel di Lucio">Castel di Lucio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castell%27Umberto" title="Castell'Umberto">Castell'Umberto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castelmola" title="Castelmola">Castelmola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castroreale" title="Castroreale">Castroreale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesar%C3%B2" title="Cesarò">Cesarò</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condr%C3%B2" title="Condrò">Condrò</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcone,_Sicily" title="Falcone, Sicily">Falcone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ficarra" title="Ficarra">Ficarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiumedinisi" title="Fiumedinisi">Fiumedinisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floresta,_Sicily" title="Floresta, Sicily">Floresta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fondachelli-Fantina" title="Fondachelli-Fantina">Fondachelli-Fantina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forza_d%27Agr%C3%B2" title="Forza d'Agrò">Forza d'Agrò</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francavilla_di_Sicilia" title="Francavilla di Sicilia">Francavilla di Sicilia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frazzan%C3%B2" title="Frazzanò">Frazzanò</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furci_Siculo" title="Furci Siculo">Furci Siculo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furnari" title="Furnari">Furnari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaggi,_Sicily" title="Gaggi, Sicily">Gaggi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galati_Mamertino" title="Galati Mamertino">Galati Mamertino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallodoro" title="Gallodoro">Gallodoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giardini_Naxos" title="Giardini Naxos">Giardini Naxos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gioiosa_Marea" title="Gioiosa Marea">Gioiosa Marea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graniti" title="Graniti">Graniti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gualtieri_Sicamin%C3%B2" title="Gualtieri Sicaminò">Gualtieri Sicaminò</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itala,_Sicily" title="Itala, Sicily">Itala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leni,_Sicily" title="Leni, Sicily">Leni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letojanni" title="Letojanni">Letojanni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Librizzi" title="Librizzi">Librizzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limina" title="Limina">Limina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipari" title="Lipari">Lipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longi" title="Longi">Longi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malfa" title="Malfa">Malfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvagna" title="Malvagna">Malvagna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandanici" title="Mandanici">Mandanici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazzarr%C3%A0_Sant%27Andrea" title="Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea">Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mer%C3%AC" title="Merì">Merì</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milazzo" title="Milazzo">Milazzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Militello_Rosmarino" title="Militello Rosmarino">Militello Rosmarino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirto,_Sicily" title="Mirto, Sicily">Mirto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistretta" title="Mistretta">Mistretta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojo_Alcantara" title="Mojo Alcantara">Mojo Alcantara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monforte_San_Giorgio" title="Monforte San Giorgio">Monforte San Giorgio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongiuffi_Melia" title="Mongiuffi Melia">Mongiuffi Melia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagnareale" title="Montagnareale">Montagnareale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montalbano_Elicona" title="Montalbano Elicona">Montalbano Elicona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motta_Camastra" title="Motta Camastra">Motta Camastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motta_d%27Affermo" title="Motta d'Affermo">Motta d'Affermo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naso,_Sicily" title="Naso, Sicily">Naso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizza_di_Sicilia" title="Nizza di Sicilia">Nizza di Sicilia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novara_di_Sicilia" title="Novara di Sicilia">Novara di Sicilia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliveri" title="Oliveri">Oliveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pace_del_Mela" title="Pace del Mela">Pace del Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pagliara" title="Pagliara">Pagliara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patti,_Sicily" title="Patti, Sicily">Patti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettineo" title="Pettineo">Pettineo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piraino" title="Piraino">Piraino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raccuja" title="Raccuja">Raccuja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reitano" title="Reitano">Reitano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roccafiorita" title="Roccafiorita">Roccafiorita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roccalumera" title="Roccalumera">Roccalumera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roccavaldina" title="Roccavaldina">Roccavaldina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roccella_Valdemone" title="Roccella Valdemone">Roccella Valdemone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod%C3%AC_Milici" title="Rodì Milici">Rodì Milici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rometta" title="Rometta">Rometta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Filippo_del_Mela" title="San Filippo del Mela">San Filippo del Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Fratello" title="San Fratello">San Fratello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marco_d%27Alunzio" title="San Marco d'Alunzio">San Marco d'Alunzio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pier_Niceto" title="San Pier Niceto">San Pier Niceto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Piero_Patti" title="San Piero Patti">San Piero Patti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Salvatore_di_Fitalia" title="San Salvatore di Fitalia">San Salvatore di Fitalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Domenica_Vittoria" title="Santa Domenica Vittoria">Santa Domenica Vittoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant%27Agata_di_Militello" title="Sant'Agata di Militello">Sant'Agata di Militello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant%27Alessio_Siculo" title="Sant'Alessio Siculo">Sant'Alessio Siculo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Lucia_del_Mela" title="Santa Lucia del Mela">Santa Lucia del Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Marina_Salina" title="Santa Marina Salina">Santa Marina Salina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant%27Angelo_di_Brolo" title="Sant'Angelo di Brolo">Sant'Angelo di Brolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Teresa_di_Riva" title="Santa Teresa di Riva">Santa Teresa di Riva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Teodoro,_Sicily" title="San Teodoro, Sicily">San Teodoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santo_Stefano_di_Camastra" title="Santo Stefano di Camastra">Santo Stefano di Camastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saponara" title="Saponara">Saponara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoca" title="Savoca">Savoca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaletta_Zanclea" title="Scaletta Zanclea">Scaletta Zanclea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinagra,_Sicily" title="Sinagra, Sicily">Sinagra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spadafora" title="Spadafora">Spadafora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taormina" title="Taormina">Taormina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terme_Vigliatore" title="Terme Vigliatore">Terme Vigliatore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torregrotta" title="Torregrotta">Torregrotta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrenova" title="Torrenova">Torrenova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tortorici" title="Tortorici">Tortorici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripi" title="Tripi">Tripi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tusa,_Sicily" title="Tusa, Sicily">Tusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ucria" title="Ucria">Ucria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valdina" title="Valdina">Valdina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetico" title="Venetico">Venetico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villafranca_Tirrena" title="Villafranca Tirrena">Villafranca Tirrena</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_Metropolitan_Mayors_of_Messina">List of Metropolitan Mayors of Messina</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of Metropolitan Mayors of Messina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable">  </th> <th>Metropolitan Mayor </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF4040;"><span style="color:white">1</span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Renato_Accorinti" title="Renato Accorinti">Renato Accorinti</a> </td> <td align="center">10 June 2016 </td> <td align="center">26 June 2018<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">left-wing</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#7DF9FF;">2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cateno_De_Luca" title="Cateno De Luca">Cateno De Luca</a> </td> <td align="center">26 June 2018 </td> <td align="center">14 February 2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">centre</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#0B3B6A;"><span style="color:white">3</span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Federico_Basile" title="Federico Basile">Federico Basile</a> </td> <td align="center">16 June 2022 </td> <td align="center"><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing</a>) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditions">Traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>date</th> <th>Feast</th> <th>City </th></tr> <tr> <td>6 December</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saponara" title="Saponara">Saponara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 December</td> <td>Feast of the <a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saponara" title="Saponara">Saponara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 December</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucy" title="Saint Lucy">Saint Lucy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Lucia_del_Mela" title="Santa Lucia del Mela">Santa Lucia del Mela</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 January</td> <td>living <a href="/wiki/Nativity_scene" title="Nativity scene">Nativity scene</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montalbano_Elicona" title="Montalbano Elicona">Montalbano Elicona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 January</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Sebastian" title="Saint Sebastian">Saint Sebastian</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mistretta" title="Mistretta">Mistretta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 March </td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Saint Joseph</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliveri" title="Oliveri">Oliveri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 March and Tuesday after Easter </td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Saint Joseph</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Piraino" title="Piraino">Piraino</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 March </td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Saint Joseph</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mer%C3%AC" title="Merì">Merì</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>the 11-12 and third Suturday of May</td> <td>Feast of Saint <a href="/wiki/Philip_of_Agira" title="Philip of Agira">Philip of Agira</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Limina" title="Limina">Limina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 June</td> <td>Feast of the Madonna della Lettera</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 June</td> <td>Feast of the Madonna della Lettera</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Itala,_Sicily" title="Itala, Sicily">Itala</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 June</td> <td>Feast of the Madonna di Montalto</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 June and following Sunday</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua" title="Anthony of Padua">Anthony of Padua</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milazzo" title="Milazzo">Milazzo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 June</td> <td>Feast of Saint <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></td> <td>Castanea, <a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 June</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Paul">Saint Paul</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Pier_Niceto" title="San Pier Niceto">San Pier Niceto</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 July</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Graces" title="Our Lady of Graces">Our Lady of Graces</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Furci_Siculo" title="Furci Siculo">Furci Siculo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>first Sunday of July</td> <td>Feast of Saint <a href="/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Maria Annunziata</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mer%C3%AC" title="Merì">Merì</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>first Sunday of July</td> <td>Feast of the Madonna of the saint water</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valdina" title="Valdina">Valdina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>first Sunday of July</td> <td>Feast of Our Lady of Graces</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Naso,_Sicily" title="Naso, Sicily">Naso</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>second Sunday of July</td> <td>Feast of the Saint <a href="/wiki/Guardian_Angel" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardian Angel">Guardian Angel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fondachelli-Fantina" title="Fondachelli-Fantina">Fondachelli-Fantina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 July</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel" title="Our Lady of Mount Carmel">Our Lady of Mount Carmel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roccalumera" title="Roccalumera">Roccalumera</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 July</td> <td>Feast of the Saint <a href="/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee" class="mw-redirect" title="James, son of Zebedee">James</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Capizzi" title="Capizzi">Capizzi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>first Sunday of August</td> <td>Feast on the sea of the Saint Mary of Porto Salvo</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Teresa_di_Riva" title="Santa Teresa di Riva">Santa Teresa di Riva</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>first Sunday of August</td> <td>Feast on the sea of the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Sebastian" title="Saint Sebastian">Saint Sebastian</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graniti" title="Graniti">Graniti</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 August</td> <td>Feast of the <a href="/wiki/Monte_Dinnammare" title="Monte Dinnammare">Madonna of Dinnammare</a></td> <td>Larderia, <a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 August</td> <td>Feast of the <a href="/wiki/Dedication_of_the_Basilica_of_St_Mary_Major" class="mw-redirect" title="Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major">Saint Mary of the Snows</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Lucia_del_Mela" title="Santa Lucia del Mela">Santa Lucia del Mela</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9–10 August</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Lorenz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Lorenz (page does not exist)">Saint Lorenz</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frazzan%C3%B2" title="Frazzanò">Frazzanò</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>second Sunday of August</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucy" title="Saint Lucy">Saint Lucy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Savoca" title="Savoca">Savoca</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>second Sunday of August</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Sebastian" title="Saint Sebastian">Saint Sebastian</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaggi,_Sicily" title="Gaggi, Sicily">Gaggi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14–16 August</td> <td>Feast on the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption of Mary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gallodoro" title="Gallodoro">Gallodoro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 August</td> <td>Feast on the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption of Mary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 August</td> <td>Feast on the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption of Mary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Novara_di_Sicilia" title="Novara di Sicilia">Novara di Sicilia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>first Sunday of September</td> <td>Feast of the Madonna of the chain</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongiuffi_Melia" title="Mongiuffi Melia">Mongiuffi Melia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 September</td> <td>Feast of the <a href="/wiki/Divine_providence" title="Divine providence">Madonna of the Divine providence</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fondachelli-Fantina" title="Fondachelli-Fantina">Fondachelli-Fantina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7–8 September</td> <td>Feast of <a href="/wiki/Tindari" title="Tindari">the black Madonna of Tindari</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tindari" title="Tindari">Tindari</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Messina" title="Province of Messina">Province of Messina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Messina_metropolitan_area" title="Strait of Messina metropolitan area">Strait of Messina metropolitan area</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_City_of_Messina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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