Milena, Sicily

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Milena
Comune di Milena
Location of Milena
Milena, Sicily
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Milena
Location of Milena in Italy
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Milena
Milena (Sicily)
Coordinates: 37°28′N13°44′E / 37.467°N 13.733°E / 37.467; 13.733 Coordinates: 37°28′N13°44′E / 37.467°N 13.733°E / 37.467; 13.733
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Province Caltanissetta (CL)
Government
  MayorClaudio Cipolla
Area
[1]
  Total24.5 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Elevation
423 m (1,388 ft)
Population
 (31 July 2021) [2]
  Total2 775
Demonym(s) Milenesi ("Milucchisi" in local dialect)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
93010
Patron saint Saint Joseph
Saint dayMarch 19
Website Official website

Milena (Sicilian: Milocca) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) southeast of Palermo and about 30 kilometres (19 miles) west of Caltanissetta.

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Formerly known as Milocca, it was the subject of a book, Milocca: A Sicilian Village by Charlotte Gower Chapman, who in 1935 detailed everyday life in the small rural Sicilian town, one of the earliest cultural anthropology studies of a semi-literate people.

Its name is a form of homage to the Queen Milena of Montenegro, the mother of the Queen Elena, wife of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.

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References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. Demographics data from ISTAT