Comiso
Italian comune
Comiso (Sicilian: U Còmisu) is a comune of the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Southern Italy. As of 31 December 2025, its population was 30,437.
and there are 3,334 foreign residents, representing 11.0% of the total population. The largest foreign community is the one from Tunisia, accounting for 38.9% of all foreigners in the area, followed by Romania and Albania.
History
In the past, Comiso has been incorrectly identified with the ancient Greek colony of Casmene in Magna Graecia.
Under the Byzantines, a new borough began to grow on Comiso's present site around the monasteries of Saint Nicolò and Saint Blaise, expanding further under the later Norman and Aragonese domination of Sicily. It was later a fief of the Chiaromonte, Cabrera and Naselli families: the latter, counts of the city from 1571, boosted the economy of the city and built new district outside the ancient walls.
Comiso was devastated by the 1693 earthquake and rebuilt on the same spot as the old ruins in the Sicilian Baroque style.
The United States Air Force deployed Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) to Comiso Air Base in June 1983. Women from Italy, Europe, and other parts of the world created a peace camp in Comiso in 1983 to protest the building of the base.
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