Metropolitan City of Messina#Government

{{Distinguish|Strait of Messina metropolitan area}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Metropolitan City of Messina

| native_name = {{native name|it|Città metropolitana di Messina}}
{{native name|scn|Citati mètrupulitana di Missina}}

| settlement_type = Metropolitan City

| image_skyline = Palazzo della Provincia Regionale1.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Palazzo del Leoni, the provincial seat

| image_flag =

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Provincia di Messina-Stemma.svg

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Messina in Italy.svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Location of the Metropolitan City of Messina

| coordinates = {{Coord|38|11|00|N|15|33|00|E|region:IT-ME_type:city(65,000)|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Italy}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Sicily

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 4 August 2015

| seat_type = Capital(s)

| seat = Messina

| parts_type = Comuni

| parts_style = para

| p1 = 108

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Metropolitan Mayor

| leader_name = Federico Basile

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 3266.12

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Monthly Demographic Balance|url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=en&a=2025&i=D7B|publisher=ISTAT}}

| population_total = 595948

| population_as_of = 2025

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = [http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3)], OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.

| demographics2_title1 = Metro

| demographics2_info1 = €10.980 billion (2015)

| demographics2_title2 = Per capita

| demographics2_info2 = €17,076 (2015)

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| iso_code = IT-ME

| blank_name_sec1 = ISTAT

| blank_info_sec1 = 283{{cite web|title=Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017|url=https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/145343|website=www.istat.it|language=it|date=23 December 2016}}

| website = {{official website|http://www.cittametropolitana.me.it/}}

| footnotes =

}}

The Metropolitan City of Messina ({{langx|it|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 ({{singular}}: comune). According to Eurostat in 2014,http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}} the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina had 277,584 inhabitants.{{Historical populations|17=1951|18=667963|19=1961|20=685260|21=1971|22=654703|23=1981|24=669323|25=1991|26=646871|27=2001|28=662450|29=2011|30=649824|31=2021|32=603229|type=|footnote=Source: ISTAT}}The nearby archipelago of Aeolian Islands is also administratively a part of the Metropolitan City of Messina.