Vallelunga Pratameno is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Caltanissetta

Province of Caltanissetta

The Province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Sicily

Sicily

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, located about 60 km southeast of Palermo

Palermo

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 and about 30 km northwest of Caltanissetta

Caltanissetta

Caltanissetta is a city and comune located on the western interior of Sicily, capital of the province of Caltanissetta...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,779 and an area of 39.2 km².

Vallelunga Pratameno borders the following municipalities: Cammarata

Cammarata

Cammarata is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km southeast of Palermo and about 35 km north of Agrigento on the eponymous mountain in a territory rich of forests....

, Castronovo di Sicilia

Castronovo di Sicilia

Castronovo di Sicilia is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 50 km southeast of Palermo.-External links:*...

, Polizzi Generosa

Polizzi Generosa

Polizzi Generosa is a town and comune in the Province of Palermo on the island of Sicily, southern Italy...

, Sclafani Bagni

Sclafani Bagni

Sclafani Bagni is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 50 km southeast of Palermo....

, Valledolmo

Valledolmo

Valledolmo is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km southeast of Palermo...

, Villalba

Villalba (CL)

Villalba is a comune in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 51 km northwest of Caltanissetta, about 98 km southeast of Palermo and 68 km from Agrigento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,852 and an area of 41.5 km²...

.

Hundreds of Vallelungeshi settled in the cities of
Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...

 and Batavia, New York in the early twentieth century, both communities establishing societies dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto, patroness of Vallelunga at the Buffalo and Batavia churches (both named St. Anthony of Padua Church). The annual feast is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of September.

External links

• www.comune.vallelunga.cl.it/