Cinisi

Cinisi
Comune
Comune di Cinisi
Cinisi beach
Location of Cinisi in the Province of Palermo
Cinisi Location of Cinisi in Italy
Coordinates: 38°10′N 13°6′E
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province / Metropolitan city	Palermo (PA)
Frazioni	Punta Raisi
Area
• Total	33.16 km2 (12.80 sq mi)
Elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,100
• Density	360/km2 (950/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Cinisensi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	90045
Dialing code	091
Patron saint	Santa Fara
Website	Official website

Cinisi is a town and a comune in the province of Palermo in Sicily. As of 2007 it had an estimated population of 12,100.

Geography

The town is part of the Palermo metropolitan area, borders with the municipalities of Carini and Terrasini and count the civil parish (frazione) of Punta Raisi, seat of Palermo Airport. It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Palermo centre, 77 kilometres (48 mi) from Trapani and 31 kilometres (19 mi) from Alcamo.

Culture

Cinisi is famous, among other things, for the Carnival parade with many papier-mâché. floats. Famous anti-mafia activist Giuseppe Impastato was killed in Cinisi in 1978.

Demographics

• Note: 2007 estimation by The World Gazetteer.

Transport

The Falcone-Borsellino Airport of Palermo, also known as Punta Raisi, is located in its municipal territory. Cinisi counts a pair of train stations (Cinisi-Terrasini on the Palermo-Trapani line and Punta Raisi, served by the Palermo metropolitan railway service) and is served by the A29 motorway.

Personalities

• Giovanni Meli (1740–1815), Sicilian poet.
• Giuseppe Impastato (1948–1978), political activist against Mafia. The 2000 film I cento passi, dedicated to him, was filmed in Cinisi.

External links

Media related to Cinisi at Wikimedia Commons