Samarate

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Samarate
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Samarate (Italy)
Samarate
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 37 '  N , 8 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 '0 "  N , 8 ° 47' 0"  E
height 221  m slm
surface 15 km²
Residents 16,174 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,078 inhabitants / km²
Factions Cascina Costa, Cascina Elisa, San Macario, Verghera, Lottizzazione-Barlocco
Post Code 21017;
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012118
Popular name samaratesi
Patron saint Rochus de Montpellier ( August 16 )
Website Samarate
Samarate municipality in the province of Varese
San Macario Church
Malpensa airport
Villa Montevecchio

Samarate is a northern Italian municipality in the province of Varese .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​15  km² . The fractions Cascina Costa, Cascina Elisa, San Macario, Verghera and Lottizzazione-Barlocco belong to Samarate. The neighboring municipalities are Busto Arsizio , Cardano al Campo , Ferno , Gallarate , Lonate Pozzolo , Magnago (MI), Somma Lombardo and Vanzaghello (MI). In Cascina Costa near Samarate there are production facilities of the technology company Leonardo , immediately east of the Milan-Malpensa airport .

history

Samarate has been inhabited since ancient times, and the first archaeological finds date back to the Iron Age. The first contact with the Etruscan civilization took place from the 7th century BC , a time in which the terracotta patera (vessel) found in the Samarati region was created. The outer part of the patera bears the names of the locals in the Celtic - Ligurian alphabet, a mixture of the local language and the Etruscan language.

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1951 1961 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 3613 3792 3896 4888 5576 7052 10041 13369 15107 15350 16168 16023 16018

Attractions

  • Parish church of Santissima Trinità, built between 1760 and 1769
  • Church of San Macario or Purificazione della Vergine Maria mentioned in the 15th century, renovated May 16, 1610
  • Oratory of San Rocco built at the end of the 15th century, renovated between 1680 and 1720
  • Church Natività di Maria Vergine mentioned at the end of the 14th century, rebuilt in 1960, preserves an organ Mascioni Opus 1100 and various paintings
  • Neoclassical Villa Archinto-Sommaruga, late 18th century
  • neo-medieval villa Ricci-Montevecchio, 19th century
  • Villa Guicciardi-Castelli

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

  • Samarate (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Samarate  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Samarate (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it
  • Samarate (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
  • Samarate (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it

Individual evidence

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