Siculiana

Siculiana
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Agrigento  (AG)
Local name	Siculiana
Coordinates	37 ° 20 '  N , 13 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 20 '15 "  N , 13 ° 25' 30"  E
height	129  m slm
surface	40 km²
Residents	4,313 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	108 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	92010
prefix	0922
ISTAT number	084042
Popular name	Siculianesi
Patron saint	SS. Crocifisso
Website	Siculiana

Siculiana

Siculiana is a town in the municipality of Agrigento consortium outdoors in the region Sicily in Italy .

Location and dates

Siculiana is 18 km west of Agrigento . The city has 4313 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) who mainly work in agriculture. Main areas are wheat cultivation, cultivation of olives, almonds and grapes.

The neighboring municipalities are Agrigento , Montallegro and Realmonte .

After the rail traffic to Siculiana was discontinued in 1978, the place can only be reached by road today.

history

In Arab times , the Qal'al-Sugul fort stood here. The castle was destroyed by the Normans at the end of the 11th century and rebuilt in 1310 on behalf of Baron Federico Chiaramonte . This year is attested in the oldest surviving document. The present-day location was essentially created in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the Catalan nobleman Corilles was granted the privilege of building the area around the castle.

Population development

From the middle of the 19th century to 1961, the number of inhabitants rose continuously to one and a half times. Since then, however, the numbers have shown a downward trend and are currently (as of the end of 2010) already below the first known values.

Number of inhabitants

year	1861	1871	1881	1901	1921	1931	1936	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2008	2010
Residents	5,775	5,719	6.277	7,084	7,707	7,260	7,374	7,683	6,444	5,207	4,813	5,070	4,786	4,676	4,587

Sights (selection)

• Chiaramonte castle (1310), it has been rebuilt many times
• Parish Church of Chiesa Madre San Leonardo Abate
• Siculiana Marina beach

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Siculiana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Siculiana municipality (Italian)
• Siculiana On Line (Italian)