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Barrafranca
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Barrafranca is a small city and municipality located in the Province of Enna in Sicily, southern Italy. It was known by the Latin names Convicinum and Calloniana in ancient times.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Barrafranca
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Barrafranca
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Chiesa_Madre_Barrafranca.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Chiesa Madre Barrafranca
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Mother Church of Barrafranca.
- Italian comune.region
- Sicily
- Italian comune.province
- Enna (EN)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Fabio Accardi
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 53.64
- Italian comune.population_total
- 12969
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 November 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Barresi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 450
- Italian comune.saint
- Saint Alexander I
- Italian comune.day
- May 3
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 94012
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0934
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Official website
Comune di Barrafranca - Comune di Barrafranca
Sito ufficiale del Comune di Barrafranca - Provincia di Enna
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Barrafranca
- Demonym
- barresi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Enna
- Population
- 11813
- Area
- 53.71
- Elevation
- 450
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Riesi
- Official website
- www.comune.barrafranca.en.it
- Image
- Panorama di Barrafranca.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0934
- Licence plate code
- EN
- Patron saint
- Alexander I
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- Commons category
- Barrafranca
- postal code
- 94012
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Barrafranca (Latin: Convicinum, Calloniana) is a comune and city in Sicily, southern Italy in the Province of Enna.
A Roman fortification known as Calloniana, in 1529 it was founded by Pietro Barresi, Prince of Pietraperzia, and took the current name from the Barresi family. Pietro was the first Marquis of Barrafranca. His sister married Conrado Branciforte, count of Mazzarino, whose family took possession of the town.
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