Cinisi

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Cinisi
coat of arms
Cinisi (Italy)
Cinisi
Country Italy
region Sicily
Metropolitan city Palermo  (PA)
Local name Cinisi
Coordinates 38 ° 10 ′  N , 13 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
surface 33 km²
Residents 12,240 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 371 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 90045
prefix 091
ISTAT number 082031
Patron saint Santa Fara
Website www.comune.cinisi.pa.it

Cinisi is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 12,240 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Palermo in the Sicily region . The name of the community is stressed on the first syllable.

Location and dates

Cinisi is 33 km west of Palermo . The residents mainly work in agriculture and industry.

Palermo-Punta Raisi International Airport is located on the Punta Raisi headland in the municipality of Cinisi .

The neighboring communities are Carini and Terrasini .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1383.

Attractions

  • Santa Fara Church, built between 1616 and 1680
  • Ecce Homo Church
  • Santuario della Madonna del Furi, built in 1758
  • town hall
  • Torre Mulinazzo
  • Torre Pozzillo

sons and daughters of the town

photos

  • View from the mountain

  • Corso Umberto I.

  • town hall

  • Santa Fara

Web links

Commons : Cinisi  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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