Caltagirone

Caltagirone (; or ; ) is an inland city and municipality () in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, Southern Italy, about southwest of Catania.

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Caltagirone is a city located inland in Sicily, Italy, situated about southwest of the larger city of Catania. It is notable as a municipality within the Metropolitan City of Catania in the southern Italian region of Sicily.

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Italian comune.name: Caltagirone
Italian comune.official_name: Città di Caltagirone
Italian comune.image_skyline: Caltagirone - Comune di Caltagirone - 2023-09-29 14-17-19 001.jpg
Italian comune.image_shield: Caltagirone-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.metropolitan_city: Catania (CT)
Italian comune.frazioni: Albanazzo, Colleggiata (Collegiata), Favarella, Granieri, Mulino Buongiovanni, Piano Carbone, Piano San Paolo, Rangasia, San Basilio – Casa Prete, San Mauro, Santo Pietro, Serra Fornazzo, Signore del Soccorso, Villa Gravina, Villa Grazia
Italian comune.mayor_party: centre-left coalition
Italian comune.mayor: Fabio Roccuzzo
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 382
Italian comune.population_total: 38391
Italian comune.population_as_of

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Caltagirone (; or ; ) is an inland city and municipality () in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, Southern Italy, about southwest of Catania.

It is the fifth most populous municipality of the Metropolitan City, behind Catania, Acireale, Misterbianco and Paternò. Alongside Catania, it is the only town that has a tribunal seat in the former province. Since 1987, the comune has enjoyed the City title, through a presidential act. After Caltanissetta, it is the second-most populous in Central Sicily.