Bompensiere Explained

Bompensiere
Official Name:Comune di Bompensiere
Coordinates:37.4667°N 60°W
Region:Sicily
Province:Caltanissetta (CL)
Area Total Km2:19
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:630
Population As Of:2007

Bompensiere (Sicilian: Naduri) is a comune in the province of Caltanissetta in the south of Sicily, Italy.

Physical geography

Territory

The municipal territory is located almost at the center of Sicily, in a hilly area whose average height above sea level is 290 meters. It extends on a slope of Mount Marrobio stretching from south-east to north-west for about one kilometer.

The town is arranged along a single main street on whose sides the houses are divided, almost uniformly distributed. The lowest point of the town is to the north-west, at an altitude of about 270 meters above sea level (Piana Giarre); the highest point is located in the south-east at an altitude of about 320 meters above sea level (Contrada Portella).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World Gazetteer . 2007-02-24 . dead . https://archive.today/20130209120131/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=458911378 . 2013-02-09 .