Arsago Seprio

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Arsago Seprio
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Arsago Seprio (Italy)
Arsago Seprio
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Arsach
Coordinates 45 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  E
height 290  m slm
surface 10.35 km²
Residents 4,835 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 467 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 21010
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012005
Popular name arsaghesi
Patron saint Victor of Milan (third Sunday in October)
Website Arsago-Seprio
Arsago Seprio municipality in the province of Varese
Parish Church of San Vittore and Baptistery
Basilica di San Vittore
Baptistery of San Giovanni Battista in Arsago
Santa Maria in Monticello

Arsago Seprio is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located about 15.5 kilometers southwest of Varese and covers an area of ​​10.35  km² . The hamlets of Sempione and Via D'Annunzio belong to Arsago Seprio. Arsago Seprio is part of the Natural Park Parco naturale lombardo della Valle del Ticino . The neighboring municipalities are: Besnate , Casorate Sempione , Gallarate , Mornago , Somma Lombardo and Vergiate .

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1871 1881 1901 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 600 653 * 1617 * 1022 1154 1260 1350 1348 1848 3047 4106 4509 4845 4904

traffic

By the municipality, which just north of the airport, Malpensa is leading Autostrada A8Dir of Milan direction Lago Maggiore . Strada Statale 33 del Sempione also runs through the municipality from Milan towards Switzerland .

Fossil Zacanthoides typicalis

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Vittore (IX century)
  • Romanesque baptistery (mid-12th century)
  • Roman macaw stands on the lawn
  • Romanesque church of Santi Cosma e Damiano
  • Romanesque church of Santa Maria in Monticello, preserves the remains of Romanesque frescoes and a milk Madonna - icon of the 16th century.
  • Paleontological Museum
  • Prehistoric finds from Golasecca

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 180.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Arsago Seprio Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Arsago Seprio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Parish Church of San Vittore (photo) (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed July 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Romanesque baptistery (drawing) (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed July 29, 2015.