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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Sicily
- Province
- Agrigento (AG)
- Mayor
- Santo Borsellino
- Total
- 62.1 km (24.0 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 220 m (720 ft)
- Density
- 64.0/km (166/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Cattolicensi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0922
- Patron saint
- St. Joseph
- Saint day
- 19 March
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Comune di Cattolica Eraclea - Homepage
Sito istituzionale Comune di Cattolica Eraclea
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Cattolica Eraclea
- Demonym
- cattolicesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Free municipal consortium of Agrigento
- Population
- 3300
- Area
- 62.16
- Elevation
- 220
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Cianciana
- Official website
- www.comune.cattolicaeraclea.ag.it
- Image
- Cattolica Eraclea.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0922
- Licence plate code
- AG
- Patron saint
- Joseph
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- Commons category
- Cattolica Eraclea
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cattolica Eraclea
- postal code
- 92011
- native label
- Cattolica Eraclea
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Encyclopedic overview
Cattolica Eraclea ( Italian: [katˈtɔːlika eraˈklɛːa]; Sicilian: Catòlica) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Palermo and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Agrigento nearby the Platani river valley.
The town was founded in medieval times. It received the name "Eraclea" in 1874, associating it to the ancient site of Heraclea Minoa nearby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cattolica Eraclea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.