Gavirate

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Gavirate
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Gavirate (Italy)
Gavirate
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Gaviràa
Coordinates 45 ° 51 '  N , 8 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 '40 "  N , 8 ° 43' 0"  E
height 261  m slm
surface 13.34 km²
Residents 9,291 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 696 inhabitants / km²
Factions Groppello, Oltrona al Lago, Voltorre
Post Code 21026
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012072
Popular name gaviratesi
Patron saint John (Apostle) ( December 27th )
Website Gavirate
Gavirate
Gavirate
Gavirate municipality in the province of Varese
Guido Morselli
Elia Luini

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

geography

The municipality is located about nine kilometers west-northwest of Varese between the northern shore of Lake Varese and the Parco del Campo dei Fiori . The covers an area of ​​13.34  km² . The groups Groppello , Oltrona al Lago and Voltorre belong to Gavirate . The neighboring municipalities are Barasso , Bardello , Besozzo , Biandronno , Casciago , Cocquio-Trevisago , Comerio , Cuvio and Varese.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 770 1044 * 2764 1753 3268 3901 4344 5084 8271 9108 9400 9209 9337 9374

Attractions

  • Parish church of San Giovanni Evangelista with organ (1901) by Vincenzo Mascioni
  • Voltorre Monastery (12th century)
  • Villa de Ambrosis
  • Morselli Park.

traffic

Gavirate is on the state road 394 from Varese towards Lake Maggiore . Gavirates station is on the Saronno – Laveno railway line . Another train station on this route has existed since 1991 in the Verbano district.

Sports

Personalities

  • Giuseppe Ferrari (born March 7, 1811 in Milan , † July 1, 1876 in Rome ), Italian historian, philosopher and politician
  • Guido Morselli (born August 15, 1912 in Bologna , † July 31, 1973 in Varese ), Italian novelist
  • Gianni Rodari (1920–1980), writer, graduated from school in Gavirate
  • Angela Giussani (born June 10, 1922 in Milan; † February 12, 1987 in Gavirate) and Giuliana Giussani (born April 19, 1928 in Milan; † March 31, 2001 ibid), comic artists, authors of Diabolik
  • Elia Luini (* 1979), world rowing champion, born in Gavirate
  • Cameron Wurf (born August 3, 1983 in Hobart ), an Australian cyclist and former rower

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 196.
  • Giacomo Corna Pellegrini: Milano e laghi: Varese, il Ticino e il Verbano, Como, Lecco e il Lario, Monza, la Brianza e l'Adda: guide d'Italia. Touring Editore, Milano 1998, Gavirate Online in Italian

Web links

Commons : Gavirate  - 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. Oltrona al Lago
  3. Monastery of Voltorre (Italian) called on lombardiabeniculturali.it, December 20, 2015.
Panorama, Gavirate and Lake Varese