Buseto Palizzolo

Buseto Palizzolo
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Trapani  (TP)
Local name	Palazzolu
Coordinates	38 ° 1 '  N , 12 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 1 '0 "  N , 12 ° 44' 0"  E
height	249  m slm
surface	72 km²
Residents	2,855 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	40 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	91012
prefix	0923
ISTAT number	081002
Popular name	Busetani
Patron saint	Maria Santissima del Carmelo
Website	Buseto Palizzolo

Buesto Palizzolo

Buseto Palizzolo is a municipality in the Free Municipal Consortium Trapani in the region of Sicily in Italy with 2855 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Buseto Palizzolo is 23 km east of Trapani and 25 km south of San Vito Lo Capo , at an altitude of 249  m slm. The inhabitants live mainly from agriculture on an area of ​​72 km². The yellow melon (Cucumis Melo) is grown here as a specialty .

The neighboring municipalities are Calatafimi Segesta , Castellammare del Golfo , Custonaci , Erice , Trapani and Valderice .

history

The place was founded by the Byzantines . In the Middle Ages, Arabs lived in the place. In 1950 the place became independent. The name of the place comes from the Arabic butish , "earth", and from the Palizzolo family, who owned the place in the past.

Attractions

The Buseto Palizzolo forest is typical of this part of Sicily.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.