Bompensiere
Comune in Sicily, Italy
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Bompensiere (Sicilian: Naduri) is a comune in the province of Caltanissetta in the south of Sicily, Italy.
Bompensiere | |
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| Comune di Bompensiere | |
  Bompensiere Location of Bompensiere in Italy  Bompensiere Bompensiere (Sicily) | |
| Coordinates: 37°28′N 13°47′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Province | Caltanissetta (CL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2007)[2] | |
• Total | 630 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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).
