Carnago
Carnago | ||
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 43 ' N , 8 ° 50' E | |
height | 382 m slm | |
surface | 6.21 km² | |
Residents | 6,682 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 1,076 inhabitants / km² | |
Factions | Rovate | |
Post Code | 21040 | |
prefix | 0331 | |
ISTAT number | 012033 | |
Popular name | carnaghesi | |
Patron saint | Martin of Tours ( November 11th ) | |
Website | Carnago |
Carnago (in the local dialect Carnog ) is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .
geography
The municipality is located about 9.5 kilometers south of Varese and covers an area of 54 km² . The Rovate faction belongs to Carnago . The Tenore and the Arno flow through the municipality in the catchment area of the Olona . The neighboring municipalities are Cairate , Caronno Varesino , Cassano Magnago , Castelseprio , Gornate-Olona , Oggiona con Santo Stefano and Solbiate Arno .
population
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year | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1951 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
Residents | 1619 | 1898 | 1791 | 2230 | 2768 | 4564 | 4569 | 4999 | 5639 | 6502 | 6711 | 6721 | 6722 |
history
According to legend, the roots of the municipality are around the year 585, when the Lombard king Authari was founded .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Eugenio Alafaci (born August 9, 1990 in Carnago), racing cyclist
Attractions
- Provost church of San Martino, mentioned 13th century. In 1620 it became the pilgrimage church of Madonna dei Miracoli. Restored in 1855 by the architect Giacomo Moraglia; it preserves an oil painting depicting Nascitia di Maria together with the work Presentazione di Gesù al tempio by the painter Biagio Bellotti from 1765–1770.
- Church of San Rocco, built in 1524, restored at the end of the 19th century, with fresco Cristo Crocefisso con Maria Addolorata e Santa Caterina d'Alessandria (17th century).
- Madonna di Stribiana church, built in 1866.
- Church of San Bartolomeo in the Rovate fraction , mentioned in the 15th century (parish church 1582), consecrated by Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster in 1961.
- Apartment with a fresco Madonna and Child in the Solaro district (early 20th century), restored in 1994.
Sports
AC Milan's most important training camp, Milanello, is located in Carnago .
literature
- Carnago on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
Web links
Commons : Carnago - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Carnago (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
- Carnago (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
- Carnago (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.