| Province of Messina | |
| Native Name Lang: | it |
| Settlement Type: | Province (1860–2015) |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Italy |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sicily |
| Seat Type: | Capital(s) |
| Seat: | Messina |
| Parts Type: | Comuni' |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 108 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3247 |
| Population Total: | 651,921 |
| Population As Of: | December 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 98000-98100 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
| Area Code: | 090, 0941, 0942 |
| Registration Plate: | ME |
| Blank Name Sec1: | ISTAT |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 083 |
The province of Messina (Italian: provincia di Messina; Sicilian: pruvincia di Missina) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy. Its capital was the city of Messina. It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina.
It had an area of 3247km2, which amounts to 12.6 percent of total area of the island, and a total population of more 650,000. There are 108 comuni (: comune) in the province https://web.archive.org/web/20070807094512/http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6.
The province included the Aeolian Islands, all part of the comune (municipality) of Lipari (with the exception of Salina). The territory is largely mountainous, with the exception of alluvial plain at the mouths of the various rivers. The largest plain is that in the area between Milazzo and Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, which, together with Messina, form a metropolitan area of some 500,000 inhabitants, one of the largest in southern Italy. Much of the population is concentrated in the coastal area, after the hill towns have been largely abandoned from the 19th century.
The main mountain ridges are the Peloritani, up to 1300m (4,300feet) in elevation, and the Nebrodi, up to 1900m (6,200feet), which are included in a Regional Natural Reserve.
Rivers of the province include the Alcantara and the Pollina, which forms the border with the province of Palermo to the west.
The main comuni (municipalities) by population are:
| Comune | Population |
|---|---|
| Messina | 246,951 |
| Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto | 41,157 |
| Milazzo | 32,600 |
| Patti | 13,241 |
| Sant'Agata di Militello | 13,026 |
| Capo d'Orlando | 12,928 |
| Taormina | 10,909 |
| Lipari | 10,782 |
| date | Feast | City | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 December | Saponara | ||
| 8 December | Saponara | ||
| 13 December | Santa Lucia del Mela | ||
| 6 January | Montalbano Elicona | ||
| 20 January | |||
| 19 March | Feast of Saint Joseph | Oliveri | |
| 19 March and Tuesday after Easter | Feast of Saint Joseph | Piraino | |
| 19 March | Feast of Saint Joseph | Merì | |
| last March Friday | Procession of SS Crucifix with the hodeeds blu "i babbaluti" | San Marco d'Alunzio | |
| Easter Friday | Procession of the "Barette" | ||
| the 11-12 and third Sunday of May | Limina | ||
| 3 June | Feast of the Madonna della Lettera | Messina | |
| 3 June | Feast of the Madonna della Lettera | Itala | |
| 12 June | Feast of the Madonna di Montalto | Messina | |
| 13 June and following Sunday | Milazzo | ||
| 24 June | Castanea, Messina | ||
| 29 June | San Pier Niceto | ||
| 2 July | Furci Siculo | ||
| first Sunday of July | Merì | ||
| first Sunday of July | Feast of the Madonna of the saint water | Valdina | |
| first Sunday of July | Feast of Our Lady of Graces | Naso | |
| second Sunday of July | Fondachelli-Fantina | ||
| 16 July | Roccalumera | ||
| 25 July | Capizzi | ||
| first Sunday of August | Feast on the sea of the Saint Mary of Porto Salvo | Santa Teresa di Riva | |
| 3 August | Larderia, Messina | ||
| 5 August | Feast of the Saint Mary of the Snows | Santa Lucia del Mela | |
| 9–10 August | Feast of Saint Lorenz | Frazzanò | |
| second Sunday of August | Feast of Saint Lucy | Savoca | |
| second Sunday of August | Feast of Saint Sebastian | Gaggi | |
| 15 August | Novara di Sicilia | ||
| 15 August | Messina | ||
| first Sunday of September | Feast of the Madonna of the chain | Mongiuffi Melia | |
| 8 September | Fondachelli-Fantina | ||
| 7–8 September | Tindari |