Maida is an Italian town and comune in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

On 4 July 1806 the British under General John Stuart defeated the French under Jean Reynier outside the town at the Battle of Maida.

King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily awarded Stuart the title of Count of Maida.

The Norman castle of Maida was built in the 11th century under the direction of Duke Robert Guiscard.

The main economic activity in the area is agriculture, especially the cultivation of olive trees, citrus, and kiwifruit.