Cittiglio

Cittiglio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Stì
Coordinates	45 ° 54 '  N , 8 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 53 '40 "  N , 8 ° 39' 45"  E
height	254  m slm
surface	11.49 km²
Residents	3,832 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	334 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Vararo, Fracce, Pianazza, Cascine, Molinazzo, Casere, Pianella, San Biagio, Vignola, Le Ville, Alpe Pirla, Chiosi, Cascate di San Giulio, Ghetto, Cereda, La Fontanaccia, Sasso del Ferro, Mulini, Cormeta, Passo del Cuvignone , Monte La Tegia, Pizzoni di Laveno, Passo Barbè
Post Code	21033
prefix	0332
ISTAT number	012051
Popular name	cittigliesi
Patron saint	Julius of Novara ( January 31 )
Website	Cittiglio

Cittiglio municipality in the province of Varese

View of Cittiglio

waterfall

San Bernardo church in the district of Vararo

Cittiglio is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located about 15 kilometers northwest of Varese on the Boesio and covers an area of ​​11.49  km² . The fractions Vararo , Fracce , Pianazza , Cascine , Molinazzo , Casere , Pianella , San Biagio , Vignola , Le Ville , Alpe Pirla , Chiosi , Cascate di San Giulio , Ghetto , Cereda , La Fontanaccia , Sasso del Ferro , Mulini , belong to Cittiglio , Cormeta , Passo del Cuvignone , Monte La Tegia , Pizzoni di Laveno and Passo Barbè . Cittiglio is part of the Comunità Montana Valli del Verbano . Four kilometers northwest of Cittiglio is the shore of Lake Maggiore . The neighboring municipalities are Brenta , Caravate , Castelveccana , Gemonio and Laveno-Mombello .

history

The place is first mentioned as a cistellum in 998 in the Codex diplomatico lombardo .

Parish partnership

Cittiglio maintains an intra-Italian partnership with Camerota in the province of Salerno .

population

Population development
year	1751	1805	1853	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2016	2017	2018
Residents	350	796	* 1110	1624	1589	1647	2014	3079	3564	3718	3972	3923	3885	3874

• 1809 merger with Brenta

Attractions

• Parish church of San Giulio (1643) with Mascioni organ (1907) from Azzio
• San Biagio Church, mentioned in 1235
• San Bernardo church in the district of Vararo
• Bozzola house with fresco
• Cittiglio waterfalls

traffic

The municipality's train station is on the Saronno – Laveno railway line . State road 394 (as well as a Strada Statale 394 dir branch , which is now a provincial road ) leads through the municipality from here to Laveno-Mombello and the Swiss border.

Sons and daughters

• Alfredo Binda (born August 11, 1902 in Cittiglio; † July 19, 1986 there) was an Italian racing cyclist
• Pietro De Camilli (* 1947), Italian-American biologist

Alfredo Binda

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 217.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Cittiglio Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Cittiglio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cittiglio (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
• Cittiglio (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
• Cittiglio (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Cittiglio (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
• Renzo Dionigi: San Giulio Church, organ on www.flickr.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Bozzola house with fresco (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 13, 2015.