Corleone

Also known as Corleone (Italy), Father of the Godfathers

Corleone (; 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: /
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: 229.45
Italian comune.population_total: 10694
Italian comune.population_as_of: 1 January 2021
Italian comune.population_demonym: Corleonese(i)
Italian comune.elevation_m: 600
Italian comune.saint: St. Leoluca
Italian comune.day: 1 March

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

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.

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