Lampedusa e Linosa () is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Agrigento in the
Italian region
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of
Sicily
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. Located about southwest of
Agrigento and about southeast of
Tunis
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, it is the southernmost comune of
Italy
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. It includes the isles of
Lampedusa,
Linosa and
Lampione, collectively known as the
Pelagie Islands
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.
Geography
The municipality of Lampedusa e Linosa includes the isles of
Lampedusa,
Linosa and
Lampione, collectively known as the
Pelagie Islands
The Pelagie Islands (; ), from the Greek , meaning "open sea", are the three small islands of Lampedusa, Lampione, and Linosa, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily. To the northwest lie the island of Pa ...
.
History
The colonisation of the island of
Lampedusa started in 1843 under the
Bourbon. The comune of Lampedusa e Linosa was founded on 12 June 1878.
Municipal government
Lampedusa e Linosa is headed by a
mayor
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(') assisted by a legislative body, the ', and an executive body, the '. Since 1995 the mayor and members of the ' are directly elected together by resident citizens, while from 1945 to 1995 the mayor was chosen by the legislative body. The ' is chaired by the mayor, who appoints others members, called '. The offices of the ' are housed in a building usually called the ' or '.
Since 1993, the mayor of Lampedusa e Linosa is directly elected by citizens, originally every four, then every five years. The current mayor is Filippo Mannino, elected on 13 June 2022.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Lampedusa e Linosa is
twinned with:
*
Bassano del Grappa
Bassano del Grappa ( or ''Bassan'', ) is a city and ''comune'', in the Province of Vicenza, Vicenza province, in the region of Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Va ...
, Italy
*
Weʽa,
Djibouti
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Gallery
File:Facciata della Biblioteca IBBY a Lampedusa.jpg, Public Library
File:Aeroporto di Lampedusa.jpg, Airport
File:Porta di Lampedusa - Porta d'Europa (cropped).jpg, Door of Europe
File:Lampedusa-Porto Vecchio,Pelagische Eilanden.JPG, Old harbor
File:Lampedusa.JPG, Typical ''dammuso''
File:Linosa (1).jpg, Linosa
File:Case colorate linosa.jpg, Houses in Linosa
References
External links
Official websiteMediterráneo, Italia, Islas Pelágicas, Linosa(in spanish)
Cities and towns in Sicily
Coastal towns in Sicily
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