Cuasso al Monte

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Cuasso al Monte
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Cuasso al Monte (Italy)
Cuasso al Monte
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 52 '  N , 8 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '0 "  N , 8 ° 52' 0"  E
height 537  m slm
surface 16 km²
Residents 3,611 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 226 inhabitants / km²
Factions Alpe Tedesco, Borgnana, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Lago, Cuasso al Piano, Mondo Nuovo, Villaggio Siba
Post Code 21050
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012058
Popular name cuassesi
Patron saint Ambrose of Milan ( December 7th )
Website Cuasso al Monte
Cuasso al monte municipality in the province of Varese
Castelasc castle ruins
Fluorite-quarzo-ortoclasio found in the Bianchi quarry

Cuasso al Monte is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region , on the banks of Lake Lugano across from Switzerland .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​16  km² . The districts Alpe Tedesco , Borgnana , Cavagnano , Cuasso al Lago , Cuasso al Piano , Mondo Nuovo , Villaggio Sibaund belong to Cuasso al Monte and is affected by Strada provinciale 61 . The neighboring municipalities are Arcisate , Besano , Bisuschio , Brusimpiano , Cugliate-Fabiasco , Marchirolo , Marzio , Porto Ceresio and Valganna .

population

Population development
year 1574 1687 1751 1805 1853 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 343 1040 1067 1219 * 1499 1582 1443 1795 1865 2387 2779 3065 3604 3593 3613

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Sant'Ambrogio
  • Former monastery of the Discalced Carmelites Il Deserto , now a hospital
  • Castelasc castle ruins

Sons and daughters

  • Enrico Cassi (* 1863 in Cuasso al Monte, † after 1906 in Milan ), sculptor
  • Paolo Lunardon OSB (* as Pietro Lunardon on May 25, 1930 in Cuasso al Monte; † October 11, 2017 in Pontida ) was an Italian religious and abbot Ordinary of Saint Paul Outside the Walls .

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 211.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Cuasso al Monta (Italian)

Web links

Commons : Cuasso al Monte  - 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.
  2. ↑ Former Discalced Carmelite Monastery
  3. ↑ Castelasc castle ruins (photo)
  4. ^ Cassi, Enrico . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 127 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).