Carate Brianza

Carate Brianza
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Monza and Brianza  (MB)
Local name	Caràa
Coordinates	45 ° 41 ′  N , 9 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E
height	256  m slm
surface	9.95 km²
Residents	18,046 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,814 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	20841 (previously: 20048)
prefix	0362
ISTAT number	108015
Popular name	Caratesi
Patron saint	Ambrose
Website	Carate Brianza

Church in Carate Brianza

Carate Brianza is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 18,046 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Monza and Brianza in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 13 kilometers north of Monza am Lambro on the edge of the Parco della Valle del Lambro .

history

Settlement finds from the Middle Ages can now be found in the Archaeological Museum of Milan . The building of a tower by the Lombard queen Theudelinde is attested in the early Middle Ages .

traffic

The place is close to Strada Statale 36 from Milan to Lecco . The former interurban tram to Milan has been closed since 1982. However, there is a train station (Carate Calò) on the non-electrified railway line from Monza to Molteno .

Sports

For a few years, the automobile racing team Team Merzario was based in Carate Brianza, and from 1977 to 1979 they took part in the Formula 1 World Championship and later in the Formula 2 European Championship with vehicles they had designed themselves .

Personalities

• Gian Domenico Romagnosi (1761–1835), lawyer and scientist, lived for a while in Carate Brianza
• Pietro Salvatore Colombo (1922–1989), Bishop of Mogadishu
• Roberto Vecchioni (* 1943), Cantautore and writer
• Davide Viganò (* 1984), racing cyclist

Web links

Commons : Carate Brianza  - Collection of pictures, 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.