Santa Marina Salina

Santa Marina Salina
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Messina  (ME)
Local name	Santa Marina
Coordinates	38 ° 34 '  N , 14 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 33 '39 "  N , 14 ° 52' 16"  E
height	25  m slm
surface	8 km²
Residents	875 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	109 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	98050
prefix	090
ISTAT number	083087
Popular name	Santamarienesi
Patron saint	Santa Marina

Santa Marina Salina harbor

Santa Marina Salina at night

Santa Marina Salina is a city of Metropolitan city of Messina in the Region of Sicily in Italy with 875 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Santa Marina Salina is located on the east coast of the Aeolian island of Salina . It is the main town on the island. The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture and in summer in tourism. There are other jobs in the fishing industry.

Santa Marina Salina can be reached by ferry and hydrofoil from Messina or Milazzo . In summer there are also connections to Cefalù , Naples and Vibo Valentia .

The neighboring communities on the island of Salina are Leni and Malfa .

history

The island of Salina and thus the town of Santa Marina Salina were already settled in the Neolithic . The settlement of Portella , one of the most important settlements of the Milazzese culture (approx. 1500/1450 to 1300/1270 BC), dates to the Middle Bronze Age . In the 4th century BC A settlement was founded in the area of ​​today's place.

Further information

South of Santa Marina Salina is a salt lake , from which the name of the island and the place is derived. Salt production and the export of salt were an important source of income for the islanders until the end of the 19th century.

people

• Angelo Paino (1870–1967), Archbishop of Messina

Web links

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

Website of the Comune Santa Maria Salina (Italian)

Individual evidence

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