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Caltagirone

Caltagirone (; or ; ) is an inland city and municipality () in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, Southern Italy, about southwest of Catania.

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Caltagirone is a city located inland in Sicily, Italy, situated about southwest of the larger city of Catania. It is notable as a municipality within the Metropolitan City of Catania in the southern Italian region of Sicily.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name: Caltagirone
Italian comune.official_name: Città di Caltagirone
Italian comune.image_skyline: Caltagirone - Comune di Caltagirone - 2023-09-29 14-17-19 001.jpg
Italian comune.image_shield: Caltagirone-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.metropolitan_city: Catania (CT)
Italian comune.frazioni: Albanazzo, Colleggiata (Collegiata), Favarella, Granieri, Mulino Buongiovanni, Piano Carbone, Piano San Paolo, Rangasia, San Basilio – Casa Prete, San Mauro, Santo Pietro, Serra Fornazzo, Signore del Soccorso, Villa Gravina, Villa Grazia
Italian comune.mayor_party: centre-left coalition
Italian comune.mayor: Fabio Roccuzzo
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 382
Italian comune.population_total: 38391
Italian comune.population_as_of: 30 June 2017
Italian comune.population_demonym: Calatini or Caltagironesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 608
Italian comune.saint: St. James
Italian comune.day: 25 July
Italian comune.postal_code: 95041, 95040
Italian comune.area_code: 0933
UNESCO World Heritage Site.child: yes

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: comune of Italy
Part of: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto
Official name: Caltagirone
Demonym: caltagironesi
Country: Italy
Located in: Metropolitan City of Catania
Population: 35765
Area: 383.38
Elevation: 608
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Gela
Official website: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
Image: Caltagirone, Panorama dalla chiesa di S.Bonaventura - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code: 0933
Licence plate code: CT

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category for people born here: Category:Births in Caltagirone
twinned administrative body: Arnsberg
topic's main category: Category:Caltagirone
Commons category: Caltagirone
postal code: 95041
category of associated people: Category:People from Caltagirone
Commons gallery: Caltagirone
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
P11012: Echinopsis pampana
native label: Caltagirone

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Notable people
Sister cities
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Caltagirone (; or ; ) is an inland city and municipality () in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, Southern Italy, about southwest of Catania.

It is the fifth most populous municipality of the Metropolitan City, behind Catania, Acireale, Misterbianco and Paternò. Alongside Catania, it is the only town that has a tribunal seat in the former province. Since 1987, the comune has enjoyed the City title, through a presidential act. After Caltanissetta, it is the second-most populous in Central Sicily.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caltagirone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.