560 m, in the southwest foothills of Etna, on a lava plain overlooking the River Simeto, area 82.5 sq km, with a population of over 34,900, post-code 95031, tel. 095.
Economy is agricultural.
The town was originally Adronon . The territory was inhabitated in prehistoric times of which archaelogical finds are now in the Siracusa Archaeological Museum. Adranon was a military stronghold guarding a very important crossroads between Enna and Catania. In 344 BC it was saved from Dionysius II by Timoleon who was assisting Siracusa from Corinth. It was captured by the Romans in the First Punic War when the old city of Adronon was destroyed.