Lampedusa e Linosa

Lampedusa e Linosa (Sicilian: Lampidusa e Linusa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region of Sicily.

Located about 220 km (137 miles) southwest of Agrigento and about 260 km (162 miles) southeast of Tunis, it is the southernmost comune of Italy.

It includes the isles of Lampedusa, Linosa and Lampione, collectively known as the Pelagie Islands.

The colonisation of the island of Lampedusa started in 1843 under the Bourbon.

The comune of Lampedusa e Linosa was founded on 12 June 1878.