Besnate

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Besnate
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Besnate (Italy)
Besnate
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Besnàa
Coordinates 45 ° 42 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
height 300  m slm
surface 7.68 km²
Residents 5,557 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 724 inhabitants / km²
Factions Buzzano, Centenate
Post Code 21010
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012012
Popular name besnatesi
Patron saint Martin of Tours ( November 11th )
Website Besnate
Besnate municipality in the province of Varese
Incontro cinema

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

geography

The municipality is located about 13.5 kilometers south-southwest of Varese on the Parco naturale lombardo della Valle del Ticino and covers an area of ​​7.68  km² . The factions Buzzano and Centenate belong to Besnate . Neighboring municipalities are Arsago Seprio , Cavaria con Premezzo , Gallarate , Jerago con Orago , Mornago and Sumirago .

history

To the northwest of the center of Besnate lies the archaeological excavation field Lagozza di Besnate about a kilometer away .

population

Population development
year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1951 1961 1971 1991 2001 2011 2016 2017 2018
Residents 920 1074 1500 1965 2659 3472 4072 4645 4822 5464 5565 5550 5558

traffic

The A8 autostrada leads through the municipality with one exit. There is also a train station in Besnate on the Luino – Milan line .

Culture

  • For film lovers there is the Incontro cinema .

Personalities

  • Paolo Basso (born October 31, 1966 in Besnate), an Italian-Swiss sommelier, 2013 world champion, lives in Ligornetto

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 206.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Besnate Online in Italian

Web links

Commons : Besnate  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Besnate (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
  • Besnate (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
  • Besnate (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Besnate (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va/

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Paolo Basso (Italian) on ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed on September 30, 2016)