Trappeto

Trappeto
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Palermo  (PA)
Local name	Trappitu
Coordinates	38 ° 4 '  N , 13 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 4 '0 "  N , 13 ° 2' 0"  E
height	8  m slm
surface	4 km²
Residents	3,102 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	776 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	90040
prefix	091
ISTAT number	082074
Patron saint	San Pietro
Website	Trappeto

Trappeto is a place in the Metropolitan city of Palermo in the Region of Sicily in Italy with 3102 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Trappeto is 52 km west of Palermo . The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture and fishing.

The neighboring communities are Balestrate , Partinico and Terrasini .

history

In 1480 Francesco Bologna set up a sugar factory in "Trappetum Cannamelarum". When the first fishermen settled in Trappeto two centuries later, sugar was replaced by fishing and the village grew slowly but steadily. Fishing is still the most important industry in Trappeto, alongside agriculture. The fish market is considered a tourist attraction.

In the course of the guest worker movement , around two thirds of the town's population emigrated to Germany from the 1960s , mainly to Solingen - Ohligs , where they mostly worked in the cutlery industry. Many returned after decades or commuted between the two cities, various Trappetesi still live in Solingen today.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Michaela Böhm: Trappeto-Solingen-Trappeto ... and back. Deutschlandradio Kultur, December 20, 2015, accessed on December 22, 2015 . 

Web links

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

• Information about Trappeto (Italian)