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Menfi is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Palermo and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Agrigento.

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Menfi
Comune
Comune di Menfi
The entrance gate to Menfi
Coat of arms
Location of Menfi
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Coordinates: 37°36′N 12°58′E
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Agrigento (AG)
Frazioni	Porto Palo, Lido Fiori, Capparrina, Bertolino di Mare
Government
• Mayor	Marilena Mauceri
Area [1]
• Total	113.58 km2 (43.85 sq mi)
Elevation	109 m (358 ft)
Population  (31 October 2017)[2]
• Total	12,472
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Menfitani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	92013
Dialing code	0925
Patron saint	St. Anthony
Saint day	13 June
Website	Official website

The town lies some 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the south coast of Sicily, between the rivers Belice and Carboj. In 1910, a full third of the population of the town of Menfi had emigrated to the United States.[3]

Main sights

This section is written like a travel guide rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject. (January 2022)

• A tower (Torre Federiciana), which is the remains of a medieval castle built by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen in 1238, perhaps over an Arab fortification.
• Chiesa Madre ("Mother Church"), built in the 18th century but destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. It was later rebuilt.
• Church of St. Joseph (1715).

The remains of an Iron Age prehistoric settlement were found in the 1980s outside of the town.

Twin towns

• Canelli, Italy, since 1997
• Chivilcoy, Argentina, since 1999
• Ettlingen, Germany, since 2004

References

External links

• ScopriMenfi, Menfi's Tourism web site
• Official website
• "Menfi" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

На других языках

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- [en] Menfi

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[es] Menfi

Menfi es una localidad italiana de la provincia de Agrigento, región de Sicilia, con 12.912 habitantes.[3]

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[ru] Менфи

Менфи (итал. Menfi) — итальянская коммуна, относящаяся к провинции Агридженто административного региона Сицилия. Расположенная в 70 км к юго-западу от Палермо и в 60 км северо-западнее Агридженто. Согласно переписи 2008 года, население составляет 12918 человек.

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