Corleone
Sign in to saveCorleone (; or ) is a town and comune of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, Southern Italy.
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Corleone is a small town in Sicily, Italy, with about 11,000 residents located in the Palermo metropolitan area. While primarily known as an ordinary Sicilian commune, it has gained broader cultural recognition due to its use as the fictional family name in popular films and literature.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Corleone
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di Corleone
- Italian comune.native_name
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- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Corleone.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Corleone-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.image_map
- Map of comune of Corleone (metropolitan city of Palermo, region Sicily, Italy).svg
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Corleone within theMetropolitan City of Palermo
- Italian comune.region
- Sicily
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Palermo (PA)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Ficuzza, Contrada Belvedere, Contrada Chiosi, Contrada Giammaria
- Italian comune.mayor
- Nicolò Nicolosi
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Medieval history
- Contemporary history
- Geography
- Main sights
- Mother Church
- Addolorata Church
- Other Churches
- Mafia and anti-Mafia Museum of Corleone
- Gorges of the Dragon
- Due Rocche Waterfall
- Corleone in literature and film
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Corleone (; or ) is a town and comune of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, Southern Italy.
The town is located in the central part of the Sicilian region, in a mountainous inland area at 542 meters (1,778 ft) above the sea level, protected by a crown of carbonate rock promontories; Rocca di Maschi, Castello Soprano and Castello Sottano. The municipality has an area of 22,912 hectares (56,620 acres) with a population density of 49 inhabitants per square kilometer.