Metropolitan City of Catania

Metropolitan City of Catania
State :	Italy
Region :	Sicily
Capital:	Catania
Area :	3,552.20 km² ( 25. )
Residents :	1,104,974 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	311 inhabitants / km²
Number of municipalities:	58
License plate :	CT
ISO-3166-2 identification :	IT-CT
Website:	Metropolitan City of Catania

Cathedral of the capital Catania

Etna volcano north of Catania

The metropolitan city of Catania (Italian Città metropolitana di Catania ) is one of the three metropolitan cities of the Autonomous Region of Sicily of the Republic of Italy . The capital is Catania .

The metropolitan city of Catania is the legal successor to the Province of Catania (Italian Provincia di Catania ).

The metropolitan city is located on the east coast of Sicily on the Ionian Sea . It borders in the north on the metropolitan city of Messina , in the west on the Free Parish Consortium Enna , in the southwest on the Free Parish Consortium Caltanissetta , in the south on the Free Parish Consortium Ragusa and in the southeast on the Free Parish Consortium Syracuse . The Etna volcano rises north of Catania .

The metropolitan city is divided into 58 parishes. 1,104,974 inhabitants live in an area of ​​3,553 km² (as of December 31, 2019) . With a population density of 302 inhabitants per km², it is the most densely populated metropolitan city or free community consortium in Sicily.

The capital Catania, with the cities of Caltagirone and Militello in Val di Catania, is one of the late Baroque cities of the Val di Noto that have been declared a World Heritage Site.

Largest communities

(As of December 31, 2019)

local community	Residents
Catania	311,402
Acireale	51,876
Paternò	47,186
Misterbianco	50.171
Caltagirone	37,355
Adrano	35.211
Aci Catena	28,856
Mascalucia	32,042
Giarre	27,417

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.