Altavilla Milicia

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{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Altavilla Milicia

| official_name = Comune di Altavilla Milicia

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| image_skyline = Litorale AltavillaM.jpg

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| image_caption = The coast of Altavilla Milicia

| image_shield = Altavilla Milicia-Stemma.png

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| coordinates = {{coord|38|3|N|13|33|E|type:city(5,790)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Sicily

| metropolitan_city = Palermo (PA)

| frazioni = Torre Colonna

| mayor_party =

| mayor = Giuseppe Virga

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| area_total_km2 = 23

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

| population_total = 8452

| population_as_of = 30 November 2017

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| population_demonym = Altavillesi

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| elevation_m = 73

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| saint = Madonna della Milicia

| day = September 6, 7 and 8

| postal_code = 90010

| area_code = 091

| website = {{URL|http://www.comune.altavillamilicia.pa.it}}

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Altavilla Milicia is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about {{convert|20|km|mi}} southeast of Palermo.

The Commune is named after the Hauteville family, Norman Settlers who conquered Sicily in the 11th century and later became the ruling dynasty of the island.{{cite web|url=http://luxurytoursforless.com/wwwroot/Sicily_daybyday.html|title=Andiamo Sicilia.|publisher=|access-date=2017-04-15|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303095328/http://luxurytoursforless.com/wwwroot/Sicily_daybyday.html|url-status=dead}}Paul Oldfield, 'The Bari charter of privileges of 1132: articulating the culture of a new Norman monarchy', Historical Research, 1 (2015), 577–597. The name Altavilla is an Italian translation of the French Hauteville. The feudal Barony and the Duchy of Altavilla later passed into the hands of the Adragna family.

One of the sights is the Sanctuary of the "Madonna della Milicia".

Altavilla Milicia borders the municipalities of Casteldaccia and Trabia.

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