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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Sicily
- Metropolitan city
- Catania (CT)
- Frazioni
- Borgo Valerio, Botteghelle, Castello, Civì, Diana, Feudogrande, Gona-Vignagrande, Ponte Borea, Liberto, Torrerossa
- Mayor
- Angelo Torrisi
- Total
- 12 km (4.6 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 62 m (203 ft)
- Density
- 760/km (2,000/sq mi)
- Demonym
- fiumefreddesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 095
- Patron saint
- Saint Joseph (19 May); Immaculate Conception of Mary (last Sunday of July)
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Fiumefreddo di Sicilia
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Metropolitan City of Catania
- Population
- 9073
- Area
- 12.16
- Elevation
- 62
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Calatabiano
- Official website
- www.comune.fiumefreddo-di-sicilia.ct.it
- Image
- Fiumefreddo.jpg
- Dialing code
- 095
- Licence plate code
- CT
- Patron saint
- Joseph
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- Commons category
- Fiumefreddo di Sicilia
- postal code
- 95013
- twinned administrative body
- Oelsnitz
- native label
- Fiumefreddo di Sicilia
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Encyclopedic overview
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia ( Italian pronunciation: [ˌfjumeˈfreddo di siˈtʃiːlja]; Sicilian: Ciumifriddu, or I Putijeḍḍi) is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania on the coast of the Ionian Sea on the island of Sicily, southern Italy. It shares its borders with the municipalities of Calatabiano to the north, Mascali to the south and Piedimonte Etneo to the west.
The commune gets its name from the Fiumefreddo River which runs alongside the territory of the comune. "Fiume freddo" literally means "cold river", a reference to the fact that the river is fed by snow melts from Mount Etna. Fiumefreddo di Sicilia is near the major Etna tourist centres. The SS120 to Mount Etna and Randazzo start from there.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fiumefreddo di Sicilia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.