Costa Masnaga

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Costa Masnaga
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Costa Masnaga (Italy)
Costa Masnaga
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Lecco  (LC)
Local name Còsta Masnaga
Coordinates 45 ° 46 ′  N , 9 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E
height 318  m slm
surface 5 km²
Residents 4,775 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 955 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23845
prefix 031
ISTAT number 097026
Popular name costamasnaghesi
Patron saint Assumption of the Virgin Mary ( August 15 )
Website Costa Masnaga
The municipality of Costa Masnaga within the province of Lecco
railway station

Costa Masnaga is a municipality in the province of Lecco in the Italian region of Lombardy with 4775 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

The municipality is located about 13 km southwest of the provincial capital Lecco and 35 km northeast of the metropolis of Milan . It includes the Centemero and Brenno della Torre fractions .

The neighboring municipalities are Bulciago , Garbagnate Monastero , Lambrugo (CO), Merone (CO), Molteno , Nibionno and Rogeno .

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1936 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2019
Residents 1844 2024 2101 2513 2481 2794 2853 3199 3387 3834 4177 4331 4385 4751 4782

Culture and sights

  • Santa Maria Assunta - Feast of the local patron on August 15th

Parish partnership

Costa Masnaga is in partnership with Clonmel in Ireland.

Personalities

  • Carlo Bianconi (born September 24, 1786 in Costa Masnaga, † September 22, 1875 in Clonmel), entrepreneur in Ireland; Mayor of Clonmel.
  • Mario Panzeri (born May 10, 1964 in Costa Masnaga), an Italian mountaineer and mountain guide.

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 141.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Costa Masnaga Online

Web links

Commons : Costa Masnaga  - Collection of images, 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.