Ragusa Free Community Consortium
Ragusa Free Community Consortium | |
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State : | Italy |
Region : | Sicily |
Area : | 1,614.02 km² ( 83rd ) |
Residents : | 321,215 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
Population density : | 199 inhabitants / km² |
Number of municipalities: | 12 |
License plate : | RG |
ISO-3166-2 identification : | IT-RG |
Website: | Ragusa Free Community Consortium |
The Free Municipal Consortium Ragusa (Italian Libero consorzio comunale di Ragusa ) is an administrative unit of the Autonomous Region of Sicily in Italy . The capital is Ragusa . It was created through the transformation of the Province of Ragusa (Italian Provincia di Ragusa ) with Regional Law No. 8 of March 24, 2014 and the provisions of Regional Law No. 15 of August 4, 2015.
geography
The Free Community Consortium is located on the southern tip of Sicily. In the north it borders on the Free Parish Consortium Caltanissetta and the metropolitan city of Catania , in the east on the Free Parish Consortium Syracuse . Around 321,215 inhabitants live in an area of 1,614 km² (as of December 31, 2019) .
The Free Community Consortium is divided into twelve communities.
Largest municipalities (as of December 31, 2019):
local community | Residents |
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Ragusa | 73,409 |
Vittoria | 63,740 |
Modica | 54,089 |
Comiso | 31,107 |
Scicli | 26,837 |
Attractions
The cities of Ragusa, Modica and Scicli are among the late Baroque cities of the Val di Noto that have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites .
See also
- List of coats of arms in the Free Municipal Consortium Ragusa
- Ragusano , a cheese product made exclusively in the province of Ragusa.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana - Regione Sicilia, Legge regional 24 March 2014, n.8 : Istituzione dei liberi Consorzi comunali e delle Città metropolitane , accessed on 23 June 2020
- ↑ Gazzetta Ufficiale della Regione Siciliana - Legge 4 agosta 2015, n.15 : Disposizioni in materia di liberi Consorzi comunali e Città metropolitane (PDF file; 213 kB), accessed on June 23, 2020