Carnago

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Carnago
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Carnago (Italy)
Carnago
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 43 '  N , 8 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 43 '20 "  N , 8 ° 49' 55"  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 municipality in the province of Varese
Nascita di Maria by Biagio Bellotti
Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio by Biagio Bellotti

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

Population development
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

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

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.