Gemonio

Gemonio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Gimón
Coordinates	45 ° 53 '  N , 8 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '40 "  N , 8 ° 40' 50"  E
height	303  m slm
surface	3.68 km²
Residents	2,882 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	783 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Martit, Conficùra, San Pietro, Mira bella, Brech, Galizia
Post Code	21036
prefix	0332
ISTAT number	012074
Popular name	gemoniesi
Patron saint	Rochus de Montpellier ( August 16 )
Website	Gemonio

Gemonio municipality in the province of Varese

San Pietro Church

San Pietro Church, interior

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

geography

The municipality is located about 14 kilometers northwest of Varese and has an area of ​​3.68  km² . The districts of Martit , Conficùra , San Pietro , Mira bella , Brech and Galizia belong to Gemonio . The northern municipal boundary is the Boesio . The neighboring municipalities are Azzio , Besozzo , Brenta , Caravate , Cittiglio and Cocquio-Trevisago .

population

Population development
year	1751	1805	1859	1881	1901	1921	1951	1071	1991	2001	2011	2016	2017	2018
Residents	543	643	* 999	1180	1181	1407	1709	2227	2393	2552	2883	2871	2864	2878

• 1806 Merger with Caravate , Azzio and Orino

traffic

The Gemonio stop is on the railway line from Saronno to Laveno .

Attractions

• Romanesque church of San Pietro with frescoes
• Parish church of San Rocco e Beata Vergine Addolorata with wooden group by the sculptor Bernardino Castelli (17th century), paintings by the painter Salvini (20th century) and the Mascioni organ (1905)
• Museo civico Floriano Bodini

Personalities

• Floriano Bodini (1933–2005), sculptor
• Matteo Contini (* 1980), football player
• Innocente Salvini , painter
• Eugenio Fasana , writer, painter, journalist, alpinist
• Umberto Bossi (* 1941), politician
• Renato Pozzetto (born 1940), actor
• Cochi Ponzoni , actor
• Said Ahmed Said , soccer player

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 , Gemonio Online in Italian.

Web links

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

• Gemonio (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 21, 2015.
• Gemonio (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
• Gemonio (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Gemonio (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
• Museo civico Floriano Bodini (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Church of San Pietro (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 21, 2015.