Sant'Agata di Militello

Sant'Agata di Militello
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Messina  (ME)
Local name	Sant'Àita di Militieddu
Coordinates	38 ° 4 '  N , 14 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 4 '0 "  N , 14 ° 38' 0"  E
height	30  m slm
surface	33 km²
Residents	12,209 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	370 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	98076
prefix	0941
ISTAT number	083084
Popular name	Santagatesi
Patron saint	San Giuseppe

Sant'Agata di Militello is a city of Metropolitan city of Messina in the Region of Sicily in Italy with 12,209 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Sant'Agata di Militello is 99 km west of Messina and 136 km east of Palermo on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea . There are jobs in agriculture, crafts and the marble industry.

Sant'Agata di Militello has a motorway connection to the A20 / E90. Sant'Agata di Militello train station is on the Fiumetorto – Messina railway line . The travel time by train is between 1 hour and 38 minutes and 2 hours, depending on the type of train.

The neighboring municipalities are Acquedolci , Militello Rosmarino , San Fratello and Torrenova .

history

The place was founded in 1630 near a Norman tower by Luigi Calego.

Attractions

• Parish church, construction began in 1842, the church was completed in 1928
• Castle from the 18th century, it belonged to the Princes of Trabia
• Ethno - Anthropological Museum of the Nebrodean Mountains in the Palazzo Gentile

Sons and daughters

• Vincenzo Consolo , born 1933, writer

Web links

Commons : Sant'Agata di Militello  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information on Sant'Agata di Militello

Individual evidence

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