Milena, Sicily

Milena
Comune
Comune di Milena
Milena

Location of Milena in Italy

Coordinates: 37°28′N 13°44′E / 37.467°N 13.733°E / 37.467; 13.733Coordinates: 37°28′N 13°44′E / 37.467°N 13.733°E / 37.467; 13.733
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Province / Metropolitan city Caltanissetta (CL)
Government
  Mayor Giuseppe Vitellaro
Area
  Total 24.5 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Elevation 423 m (1,388 ft)
Population (30 November 2011)[1]
  Total 3,171
  Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Milenesi ("Milucchisi" in local dialect)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 93010
Dialing code 0934
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.

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.

International relations

Milena is twinned with:

References

  1. Demographics data from ISTAT
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