Misilmeri

Misilmeri
Comune
Comune di Misilmeri
Misilmeri Location o Misilmeri in Italy
Coordinates: 38°2′5″N 13°27′5″E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Palermo (PA)
Frazioni	Gibilrossa, Portella di Mare
Govrenment
• Mayor	Pietro D'Aì
Area
• Total	69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Population  (31 December 2010)
• Total	28,074
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Misilmeresi
Time zone	UTC 1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 2 (CEST)
Postal code	90036
Diallin code	091
Patron saunt	San Giusto
Saunt day	Last Sunday of August
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Misilmeri (Sicilian: Musulumeli) is a town and comune in the province o Palermo, Sicily, Italy. It is approximately 15 kilometre (9 mi) frae Palermo an its name means "the restin place or the messuage o the Emir", an dates frae the Muslim emirate o Sicily age. The veelage rose aroond a castle (the day kent as Castello dell'Emiro, or "Castle o the Emir") foondit bi emir Jafar II (998-1019).

The population is approximately 28,000 fowk. Misilmeri is locatit in the Eleuterio Valley on the soothren slopes o Montagna Grande.

Freemit airtins

• Misilmeri civil births, marriages and deaths Archived 2006-10-29 at Archive.today
• Misilmeri Town Hall web site (www.comune.misilmeri.pa.it)
• Misilmeri Town Hall web site 2 (www.misilmeri.org) Archived 2016-10-29 at the Wayback Machine