Bregano
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Local name | Bregan | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 50 ' N , 8 ° 41' E | |
height | 303 m slm | |
surface | 2.31 km² | |
Residents | 862 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 373 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 21020 | |
prefix | 0332 | |
ISTAT number | 012018 | |
Popular name | breganesi | |
Patron saint | Assumption of the Virgin Mary ( August 15 ) | |
Website | Bregano |
Bregano is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .
geography
The municipality is located about 10.5 kilometers west-northwest of Varese on Acqua Nera , near Lake Varese and covers an area of 2.31 km² . The neighboring municipalities are Bardello , Biandronno , Malgesso and Travedona months .
history
The first real traces of human settlement on the Bregano area date from Roman times. The hill of Bregano was already used as a cemetery in Roman times , where rectangular graves were found in several places, facing east to west, about 2 meters long and 70 cm deep, made of rough stones in Serizzo .
In 1280 the Castrum Bregano was destroyed during the Visconti - Torriani Wars , but as evidence of its existence the ruins of a tower, about two and a half meters high with some loopholes, right next to the farmhouse of the mountain, far from these ruins remain 20/30 meters northwest, there would be the base of another tower, now completely dismantled.
population
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year | 1751 | 1805 | 1853 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1951 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Residents | 191 | 223 | * 282 | 375 | 400 | 407 | 368 | 439 | 539 | 652 | 726 | 839 | 862 | 859 | 862 |
- 1809 merger with Bardello
Attractions
- Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta
literature
- Gregano (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia/
Web links
- Bregano (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
- Bregano (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
- Bregano (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va/
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.