Metropolitan Area
The Metropolitan Area of Catania is formed by the Comune of Catania (298,257 inhabitants as of Dec. 2007) and by 26 surrounding comuni forming an urban belt (453,938 inhabitants as of Dec. 2007). The total population of the Metropolitan Area of Catania is therefore 752,895. The comuni forming the Metropolitan Area are:
- Aci Bonaccorsi
- Aci Castello
- Aci Catena
- Aci Sant'Antonio
- Acireale
- Belpasso
- Camporotondo Etneo
- Catania
- Gravina di Catania
- Mascalucia
- Misterbianco
- Motta Sant'Anastasia
- Nicolosi
- Paternò
- Pedara
- Ragalna
- San Giovanni la Punta
- San Gregorio di Catania
- San Pietro Clarenza
- Sant'Agata li Battiati
- Santa Maria di Licodia
- Santa Venerina
- Trecastagni
- Tremestieri Etneo
- Valverde
- Viagrande
- Zafferana Etnea
These comuni form a system with the centre of Catania sharing its economical and social life and forming an organic urban texture.
The Metropolitan Area of Catania should not be mistaken for the Province of Catania, a far broader administrative area that includes 58 comuni and 1,081,915 inhabitants, but does not form an urban system with the city.
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