Alimena is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Palermo
The Metropolitan City of Palermo (; ) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. It replaced the province of Palermo and comprises the city of Palermo and 82 other ''comuni'' (: ''comune''). It has 1,194,439 in ...
in the
Italian
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region of
Sicily
Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
, located about southeast of
Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
.
Alimena borders the following municipalities:
Blufi
Blufi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of ...
,
Bompietro
Bompietro ( Sicilian: ''Bompietru'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo.
Bompietro borders the following municipalities: Alimena, Blufi, Calascibet ...
,
Gangi,
Petralia Soprana
Petralia Soprana ( Sicilian: ''Pitralìa Suprana'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,630 and an a ...
,
Petralia Sottana
Petralia Sottana () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in the island of Sicily, Southern Italy. The main characters in Emanuele Crialese's 2006 film of Sicilian immigration to America, '' Nuovomondo'', come from the tow ...
,
Resuttano
Resuttano ( Sicilian: ''Rastanu'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region of Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about north of Caltanissetta
Caltanissetta (Sicilian language, Sicilian: ...
,
Santa Caterina Villarmosa,
Villarosa
Villarosa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Enna, in the region of Sicily in southern Italy.
Notable people
* James E. Casale (1890–1958), architect
* John LaRocca (1901–1984), mobster
* Mike Fadale, actor and chef
Sister citie ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Palermo
Articles which contain graphical timelines
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