Azzate

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Azzate
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Azzate (Italy)
Azzate
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Azà
Coordinates 45 ° 47 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '40 "  N , 8 ° 47' 30"  E
height 332  m slm
surface 4.72 km²
Residents 4,691 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 994 inhabitants / km²
Factions Castello, Erbamolle, Vegonno, Rione La Prussia, Roncasnino
Post Code 21022
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012006
Popular name azzatesi
Patron saint Birth of Mary ( September 8th )
Website Azzate
Azzate municipality in the province of Varese
Azzate tram stop around 1930

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

geography

The municipality is located about 4.5 kilometers southwest of Varese on Lake Varese and covers an area of ​​4.72  km² . Azzate includes the Castello , Erbamolle , Vegonno , Rione La Prussia and Roncasnino fractions . The neighboring municipalities are: Brunello , Buguggiate , Crosio della Valle , Daverio , Galliate Lombardo , Sumirago and Varese.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1871 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2016 2018
Residents 498 831 * 1860 1529 1541 1546 1508 1825 2346 3338 3712 3820 4554 4686 4714

traffic

In the neighboring municipality of Buguggiate , the A8 autostrada begins with the Azzate-Buguggiate junction . Azzate is connected to the Vareses tram network and has one terminus.

Attractions

  • Parish church Maria Nascente (14th century) with oil painting Vergine in trono col Bambino accanto a Santa Caterina, a San Gerolamo e ad un offerente by the painter Callisto Piazza (1542), a copy of the painting Cristo deposto dalla croce by Hans Holbein the Younger and others Paintings from the school of the painter Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, called il Morazzone; an organ (16th – 17th century, restored by Giovanni Mentasti, Varese , second half of the 19th century).
  • Little church of Sant'Antonio with Renaissance portal and frescoes (15th - 16th centuries)
  • Oratory of Santa Caterina in the Erbamolle district with frescoes by the painter Galdino da Varese (1504)
  • Villa Bossi-Zampolli with frescoes by the painter Giovanni Battista Ronchelli (1777)

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 197.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Azzate Online (Italian) on books.google.ch

Web links

Commons : Azzate  - 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. ↑ Oratorio Santa Caterina (photo) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed November 22, 2015