Piazza Armerina

697 m elevation · Pop. 16,946

Italy

Sicilia

Enna

Piazza Armerina is a comune in the provincia of Enna, Sicilia with a population of 20,554 as of 2025. Between 1830 and 1912, at least 156 passengers departing from Piazza Armerina arrived in the United States.

Contact

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PEC

[email protected]

Website

www.comune.piazzaarmerina.en.it

Address

Piazza Garibaldi - Atrio Fundro'
94015 Piazza Armerina

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Località

Each Italian comune is divided into località (localities), which include centri abitati (populated centers) and nuclei abitati (smaller settlements).

Centri abitati

AltitudePopulation

Piazza Armerina697m16,539
Gatta532m48

Nuclei abitati

AltitudePopulation

Solazzo664m245
Palermi684m114
Area Ospedaliera611m0

Population and Migration

This chart shows annual resident population, US arrivals (1830 to 1912), and international migration (2001 to present). Not all data is available for every period, so gaps are normal.

The population has declined 23% since 1951. US arrivals peaked in 1912 with 63 recorded passengers. Since 2001, net international immigration has added the equivalent of 6% of the current population.

Related guide

Italian Immigration to America

What drove families to leave Piazza Armerina for America, and what the crossing was like.

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Total US arrivals

156

1830–1912

Peak year

1912

63 arrivals

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Between 1830 and 1912, at least 156 passengers from Piazza Armerina arrived in the United States. Arrivals peaked in 1912. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).

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