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Grammichele (; ; , later ; ) is a town and in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy. It is located at the feet of the Hyblaean Mountains, some from Caltagirone. It has a population of 12,292 as of 2025.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Grammichele
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Grammichele
Italian comune.image_skyline
Palazzo Comunale Grammichele.JPG
Italian comune.image_shield
Grammichele-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region
Sicily
Italian comune.metropolitan_city
Catania (CT)
Italian comune.mayor
Giuseppe Maria Purpora
Italian comune.area_total_km2
31.02
Italian comune.population_total
12292
Italian comune.population_as_of
2025
Italian comune.population_demonym
Grammichelesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
520
Italian comune.saint
St. Michael Archangel
Italian comune.day
8 May
Italian comune.postal_code
95042
Italian comune.area_code
0933

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Official name
Grammichele
Population
12407
Area
31.02
Elevation
520
Image
Grammichele Piazza.jpg
Dialing code
0933
Licence plate code
CT
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Commons category
Grammichele
postal code
95042
Commons gallery
Grammichele
native label
Grammicheli
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Grammichele (; ; , later ; ) is a town and in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy. It is located at the feet of the Hyblaean Mountains, some from Caltagirone. It has a population of 12,292 as of 2025.

== History == left|thumb|Piazza Carafa in the center of the town, Palazzo Communale and San Michele Arcangelo The town was built in 1693, after the old town of Occhiolà, located to the north of the modern Grammichele, was destroyed by an earthquake. Occhiolà, on account of the similarity of name, is generally identified with Echetla, a frontier city between Syracusan and Carthaginian territory in the time of Hiero II, which appears to have been originally a Sicel city in which Greek civilization prevailed from the 5th century onwards.

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