Editing Catania (section)

===Metropolitan area===
The Metropolitan area of Catania includes the ''comune'' of Catania (311,584 inhabitants<ref name=istat/>) and 26 surrounding ''comuni''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anci.sicilia.it/aree/area_ct.htm |title=The Metropolitan Area of Catania defined by ANCI Sicilia (National Association of Comuni Italiani) |publisher=Anci.sicilia.it |access-date=5 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208223915/http://www.anci.sicilia.it/aree/area_ct.htm |archive-date=8 December 2010 }}</ref> forming an urban belt (498,650 inhabitants<ref name=istat/>). The total population of the Metropolitan area of Catania is therefore 810,234. The ''comuni'' of the Metropolitan area are:
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* [[Aci Bonaccorsi]]
* [[Aci Castello]]
* [[Aci Catena]]
* [[Aci Sant'Antonio]]
* [[Acireale]]
* [[Belpasso]]
* [[Biancavilla]]
* [[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, Sicily|Valverde]]
* [[Viagrande]]
* [[Zafferana Etnea]]
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These ''comuni'' form a system with the centre of Catania sharing its economical and social life and creating an organic urban texture.