Comitini

Comitini is a comune municipality within the Province of Agrigento inside the Italian area Sicily positioned approximately 80 kilometers southeast of Palermo and approximately 13 kilometers northeast of Agrigento. The town is placed on a hilly location 346 meters above sea stage. The town turned into founded in 1627 through Gastone Bellacera on a hill named Comitini. In 1673, Michele Gravina was appointed prince of the town.

In the early 19^th century the extraction of sulfur from the mines within the territory, because of an extended demand as a result of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, gave a new impulse to the financial system which turned into accompanied with the aid of a excellent populace boom. The town became one of the most critical mining centers of the Agrigento province as defined by using Luigi Pirandello in his novel The Old and the Young 1928. With the decline of the sulfur mining industry inside the 20^th century many townspeople opted for emigration. As of 31 December 2011, it had a populace of 944 and an area of 21.7 square kilometers.