Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria

Not to be confused with Strait of Messina metropolitan area.

Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
Metropolitan City
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Established	1 January 2017
Capital(s)	Reggio Calabria
Comuni	97
Government
• Metropolitan Mayor	Giuseppe Falcomatà
Area
• Total	3,183 km^2 (1,229 sq mi)
Population  (31-8-2014)
• Total	559,215
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	€9.901 billion (2015)
• Per capita	€17,778 (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISTAT	280[2]

Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria (Italian: città metropolitana di 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 (sg.: comune) in the hinterland of the city. With more than 600,000 inhabitants, it is one of the main metropolitan areas. It replaced the province of Reggio Calabria in 2017.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1951	639,471	—
1961	609,140	−4.7%
1971	578,323	−5.1%
1981	573,093	−0.9%
1991	576,693	+0.6%
2001	564,223	−2.2%
2011	550,967	−2.3%
2021	522,127	−5.2%
Source: ISTAT

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.^[3]

Government

The Metropolitan City is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (sindaco metropolitano) and the Metropolitan Council (consiglio metropolitano).

List of Metropolitan Mayors of Reggio Calabria

	Metropolitan Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Giuseppe Falcomatà	2 February 2017	Incumbent	Democratic Party

See also

• Province of Reggio Calabria

References

1. Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
2. "Codici delle città metropolitane al 1° gennaio 2017". www.istat.it (in Italian). 23 December 2016.
3. OECD (2015-02-20). Governing the Metropolitan City of Venice. OECD Publishing. ISBN 9789264223592.

External links

• (in Italian) Province of Reggio Calabria official website
• (in Italian) Città di Reggio Calabria official website
• Information on Southern Italy Naples, Italy, Consulate General of the United States. (Includes links to relevant official websites, Italian and American, including area governments, colleges and universities, cultural, travel and tourism sites related to the region.)

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