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Encyclopedia > Bompensiere
Comune di Bompensiere
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Province Caltanissetta (CL)
Mayor
Area km²
Population
 - Total (as of 2007) 630[1]
 - Density /km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 37°28′N, 13°47′E
Gentilic
Dialing code
Postal code

Bompensiere is a comune in the province of Caltanissetta in the south of Sicily, Italy. Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... The Province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... The Province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ...


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Bompensiere (182 words)
The town's economy is mostly based on agriculture, and its principal products are wheat, barley, grapes, and almonds.
The land of Bompensiere initially belonged to the barons of Mussomeli, and then was bestowed to the Chiaramonte family in the XIV century.
The suburb of Bompensiere was founded in 1630 by Don Ottavio Lanza, with "licentia populandi" granted by the citizens' concession; the suburb became an independent town in 1817.
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