Gavirate

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 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

• 1809 Merger with Cocquio , Comerio , Trevisago and Voltorre

Attractions

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

• 

  Church of San Giovanni Evangelista

• 

  Gavirate Town Hall

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

• European Training Center (ETC) run by the Australian Sports Commission
• rowing
  • Olympic Games Sydney 2000: Elia Luini with Leonardo Pettinari in the lightweight double scull (silver); Giovanni Calabrese with Nicola Sartori in a double scull (bronze);
  • Paralympic Games Beijing 2008: Graziana Saccocci and Alessandro Franzetti with others in a mixed foursome with helmsman (gold)
• Unione Polisportiva (UP) Gavirate
  • Athletics section
  • Football section, founded in 1992

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

• Gavirate (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 20, 2015.
• Gavirate (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
• Gavirate (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Gavirate (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
• Renzo Dionigi: Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, interior view on www.flickr.com
• Renzo Dionigi: Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, 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. ↑ Oltrona al Lago
3. ↑ Monastery of Voltorre (Italian) called on lombardiabeniculturali.it, December 20, 2015.

Panorama, Gavirate and Lake Varese