Santa Elisabetta

Santa Elisabetta
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Agrigento  (AG)
Local name	Santa Elisabbetta / A Sabbetta
Coordinates	37 ° 26 '  N , 13 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 26 '9 "  N , 13 ° 33' 28"  E
height	457  m slm
surface	16.17 km²
Residents	2,267 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	140 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	92020
prefix	0922
ISTAT number	084037
Popular name	Sabettesi
Patron saint	Santo Stefano
Website	Santa Elisabetta
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Santa Elisabetta is a town in the municipality of Agrigento consortium outdoors in the region Sicily in Italy .

Location and dates

Santa Elisabetta is located 21 km north of Agrigento inland. 2267 inhabitants live here (as of December 31, 2019) who mainly work in agriculture.

The neighboring municipalities are Aragona , Joppolo Giancaxio , Raffadali and Sant'Angelo Muxaro .

history

The current city was founded in 1620 and was a district of Aragona until the municipality became independent in 1955. Due to the high unemployment, many residents of Santa Elisabetta emigrated. Until the Second World War , residents of Santa Elisabetta emigrated mainly to North and South America. From 1950 onwards there was a great wave of emigration to Germany, Belgium and France, which lasted until the late 1970s.

Attractions

Ceramic murals

• Piazza San Carlo with beautiful ceramics showing bread making
• Sican graves on the outskirts of the village on Keli Hill

Others

The most common surnames in Santa Elisabetta are Fragapane, Catalano and Rizzo.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Santa Elisabetta  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about Santa Elisabetta (Italian)