Province of Caltanissetta

Province of Caltanissetta
Provincia di Caltanissetta (Italian)
Pruvincia di Cartanissetta (Sicilian)
Province
Free Municipal Consortium of Caltanissetta
Libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta (Italian)
Landscape at Mussomeli
Landscape at Mussomeli
Coat of arms of Province of Caltanissetta
Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Caltanissetta in Italy
Map highlighting the location of the province of Caltanissetta in Italy
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Capital(s)Caltanissetta
Municipalities22
Government
 • CommissarRosalba Panvini
Area
[1]
 • Total
2,138.37 km2 (825.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2026)[2][3]
 • Total
243,501
 • Density113.872/km2 (294.928/sq mi)
GDP
[4]
 • Total€4.163 billion (2015)
 • Per capita€15,255 (2015)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
93100, 93010-93020
Telephone prefix0934, 0933, 0922
Vehicle registrationCL
ISTAT085

The province of Caltanissetta (Italian: provincia di Caltanissetta; Sicilian: pruvincia di Nissa or pruvincia di Cartanissetta; officially libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta) is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it was replaced in 2015 by the free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta (Italian: libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta). It has a population of 243,501 in an area 2,138.37 square kilometres (825.63 sq mi) of across its 22 municipalities.[5][6][1]

Its coat of arms is a red crest and two green leaf stems on top with a laurel leaf on the right and a crown in the middle. The River Salso is the main river of the province; it is 122 kilometres (76 mi) long and originates in the province of Palermo, and it flows into the Mediterranean in this province at the end of the Gulf of Gela.[7]

Bordering provinces and metropolitan cities

In counterclockwise order:[8]

Geography

The province extends to the central part of Sicily in the northwestern direction where the capital is located. The commune of Resuttano is found in an enclave of the province of Palermo near Caltanissetta between Monte Stretto and Portella del Vento.[9] Another example in the same province is that of the two small localities of Cannetti and Corfidato, two hamlets (Frazioni) of the municipality of Enna, 15 km (9.3 mi) away, within the territory of the municipality of Caltanissetta. The land extends to the Gela Plain and into the Gulf of Gela, where the main river of the province, the Salso, meets the Mediterranean.[8]

Municipalities

The province has 22 municipalities.

Demographics

As of 2026, the population is 243,501, of which 48.5% are male, and 51.5% are female. Minors make up 15.2% of the population, and seniors make up 24.6%.[10][11]

Immigration

As of 2025, of the known countries of birth of 243,182 residents, the most numerous are: Italy (231,850 – 95.3%), Romania (2,818 – 1.2%), Germany (2,170 – 0.9%).[14][15]

See also

  • Sulfur mining in Sicily

References

  1. ^ a b "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" (in Italian). ISTAT.
  2. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  3. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  4. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  6. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  7. ^ Finley, Israel Moses (1979). History of ancient Sicily. Bari, Laterza. p. 13.
  8. ^ a b Roy Palmer Domenico (2002). The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-313-30733-1.
  9. ^ Giovanni Uggeri (2004). La Viabilitā della Sicilia in Etā Romana. Mario Congedo Editore. ISBN 978-88-8086-559-9.
  10. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026. (On the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  11. ^ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
  12. ^ "Popolazione residente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1991" [Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991] (PDF) (in Italian). ISTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Resident population - Time series". ISTAT.
  14. ^ "Resident population by sex, municipality and individual citizenship or country of birth from year 2002". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025. (Click on 'View by country of birth', and on the search form, choose the statistical region of the municipality in the Area section, the Region, the Province, and the name of the Municipality)
  15. ^ "Resident population by sex, municipality and individual citizenship or country of birth from year 2002". demo.istat.it. ISTAT. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.The file URL linking on technical dataset.
Wikimedia Commons logo
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Province of Caltanissetta.

37°29′N 14°03′E / 37.49°N 14.05°E / 37.49; 14.05

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.