Gorgonzola (Lombardy)
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
Metropolitan city | Milan (MI) | |
Local name | Gorgonzoeula | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 32 ' N , 9 ° 24' E | |
height | 133 m slm | |
surface | 10.69 km² | |
Residents | 20,835 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 1,949 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 20064 | |
prefix | 02 | |
ISTAT number | 015108 | |
Popular name | Gorgonzolesi | |
Website | Gorgonzola |
Gorgonzola is an Italian commune in the metropolitan city of Milan , Lombardy region . The place is on the canal of the Naviglio della Martesana , which leads from Milan to the east and flows into the Adda at Trezzo d'Adda . The town has a train station on the Milan-Treviglio-Bergamo line and a metro station of the same name on the M2 line of the Metropolitana di Milano . Gorgonzola has an area of 10.69 km² and 20,835 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). In Gorgonzola there is a large distribution and sorting post office of the Poste Italiane , which supplies large parts of northern Italy.
The name Gorgonzola is also known abroad, mainly because it gave the Gorgonzola cheese its name.
Gorgonzola has a town partnership with the French town of Ambert , where the blue cheese Fourme d'Ambert is made, and the Palatinate town of Annweiler am Trifels .
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- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ All Italian sources agree, including: Vocabolario online: Gorgonzola. Encicliopedia Treccani, accessed May 24, 2018 . , Il formaggio Gorgonzola: origini. Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola DOP, accessed on May 24, 2018 . or Il Gorgonzola. Latte News, accessed May 24, 2018 .