Polizzi Generosa

920 m elevation · Pop. 2,795

Italy

Sicilia

Palermo

Polizzi Generosa is a comune in the provincia of Palermo, Sicilia with a population of 2,795 as of 2025. Between 1830 and 1912, at least 1,192 passengers departing from Polizzi Generosa arrived in the United States. The comune was previously known as Polizzi.

Contact

To request vital records from the anagrafe (records office), write to the PEC address or email below. Include the full name, approximate date, and record type in Italian.

PEC

[email protected]

Website

www.comune.polizzi.pa.it/

Address

Via Garibaldi, 13
90028 Polizzi Generosa

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Historical Names

Polizzi→Polizzi Generosa

Changed on May 27, 1863

Località

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

Centro abitato

AltitudePopulation

Polizzi Generosa920m2,795

Nucleo abitato

AltitudePopulation

Contrada Case Alberì736m0

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 65% since 1951. Recorded US arrivals from Polizzi Generosa between 1830 and 1912 equal 43% of its current population, peaking in 1906.

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Italian Immigration to America

What drove families to leave Polizzi Generosa for America, and what the crossing was like.

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Total US arrivals

1830–1912

Peak year

1906

269 arrivals

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Between 1830 and 1912, at least 1,192 passengers from Polizzi Generosa arrived in the United States. Arrivals peaked in 1906. If one of them is your ancestor, Italy may recognize you as a citizen under jure sanguinis (citizenship by descent).

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