Villalba (Sicily)

Villalba
Country	Italy
region	Sicily
Free community consortium	Caltanissetta  (CL)
Local name	Villarba / Villabba
Coordinates	37 ° 39 '  N , 13 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 39 '16 "  N , 13 ° 50' 35"  E
height	620  m slm
surface	41 km²
Residents	1,526 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	37 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	93010
prefix	0934
ISTAT number	085022
Popular name	Villalbesi
Patron saint	San Giuseppe
Website	Villalba

Villalba is a town in Caltanissetta consortium of municipalities outside the region Sicily in Italy with 1,526 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Villalba is 50 km north-west of Caltanissetta and 100 km south-east of Palermo . The name Villalba means white city (because of the whitewashed houses). The inhabitants work mainly in agriculture and in the plastics processing industry.

The neighboring communities are Cammarata ( AG ), Castellana Sicula ( PA ), Marianopoli , Mussomeli , Petralia Sottana (PA), Polizzi Generosa (PA) and Vallelunga Pratameno .

history

A small place already existed in Arab times until 1175. Today's place was founded in 1753.

Attractions

• Parish Church of San Giuseppe
• 18th century palace of Baron Palmieri Morillo

Personalities

• Calogero Vizzini , called Don Calò, boss of the Sicilian Mafia (Villalba, July 24th 1877 - Villalba, July 12th 1954)
• Michele Pantaleone , essayist, journalist and politician (Villalba, November 30, 1911 - Palermo, February 12, 2002).

Web links

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

• Side of Villalba (Italian)

Individual evidence

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