MILENA
Generic information
Province of: Caltanissetta
Elevation: m
Population:
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 37.470752
Longitude: 13.736243
Map
Web site
Url: http://www.comune.milena.cl.it
Italian version: www.sicilianelmondo.com
Photos
Description
Milena (Sicilian: Milocca) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 80 km southeast of Palermo and about 30 km west of Caltanissetta. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,376 and an area of 24.5 kmē.[1]
Formerly known as Milocca, it was the subject of a critically acclaimed book, Milocca: A Sicilian Village by Charlotte Gower Chapman, who in 1935 detailed everyday life in the small rural Sicilian town, one of the earliest cultural anthropology studies of a semi-literate people.
Milena borders the following municipalities: Bompensiere, Campofranco, Grotte, Racalmuto, Sutera.
Toponym
Its name (1933) is a form of homage to the Queen Milena of Montenegro, the mother of the Queen Elena, wife of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
From Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Milena&oldid=283144425>.