Lonate Pozzolo
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Local name | Lonaa Pozzoeu | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 36 ′ N , 8 ° 45 ′ E | |
height | 205 m slm | |
surface | 29.12 km² | |
Residents | 11,671 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 401 inhabitants / km² | |
Factions | Sant'Antonino Ticino, Tornavento | |
Post Code | 21015 | |
prefix | 0331 | |
ISTAT number | 012090 | |
Popular name | lonatesi | |
Patron saint | Ambrose of Milan ( December 7th ) | |
Website | Lonate Pozzolo |
Lonate Pozzolo is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region . The municipality borders directly on the metropolitan city of Milan and the province of Novara ( Piedmont region ).
geography
Lonate Pozzolo is located about 32 kilometers from Novara and about 35 kilometers from Varese in the Valle del Ticino . The Ticino ( Ticino ) flows west of the municipality. The municipality covers an area of 29.12 km² . The Sant'Antonino Ticino and Tornavento fractions belong to Lonate Pozzolo. The neighboring municipalities are Bellinzago Novarese (NO), Castano Primo (MI), Ferno , Nosate (MI), Oleggio (NO), Samarate , Vanzaghello (MI) and Vizzola Ticino .
history
The community is first mentioned in a document from the Bishop of Novara Aupaldo in 973. However, its location on the edge of the old oratory of San Giovanni Battista testifies to an ancient Longobard presence , and in the historical center there are even traces of Roman centurions. Already at the beginning of the 13th century Lonate was a center of some importance. Although the economy was mainly based on agriculture, it already had consuls, statutes and notaries located near the important Como - Novara road and the Ticino derivation of a great canal called Naviglio Grande, which dates back to 1135.
population
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year | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1861 | 1971 | 1981 | 2001 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
Residents | 4572 | 4781 | 5324 | 5206 | 5783 | 5395 | 6228 | 6453 | 8073 | 9681 | 10967 | 11480 | 11839 | 11787 | 11786 |
Economy and Transport
The company Cargoitalia had its seat in Lonate Pozzolo . Due to the proximity to the airport of Milan-Malpensa ( Aeroporto Malpensa ) about 5 kilometers away, the municipality is ideal as a seat for aviation companies. In addition to DHL and FedEx , Amazon has also been operating a logistics center at this location since October 2017 . Amazon uses ASL Airlines France flights to Milan Malpensa Airport, but is also planning flights with its own airline Prime Air .
Ferno- Lonate Pozzolo station has been in existence since 2009 and is served by trains on the route from Busto Arsizio to the airport. Until June 2011 there was also a connection to the Milan S-Bahn via the S10 line.
State road 336 , the airport feeder, and the former state road 527 run through the community . The state road 341 marks the eastern edge of the town.
Town twinning
Attractions
- Parish church of Sant'Ambrogio mentioned in the 13th century, renovated in 1560, with a facade from 1857
- Madonna degli Angeli church (1567)
- Church of Sant'Eugenio in the Tornavento fraction
literature
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 178.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Lonate Pozzolo Online in Italian.
Web links
- Lonate Pozzolo on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi
- Lonate Pozzolo on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
- Lonate Pozzolo on comuni-italiani.it
- Lonate Pozzolo on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Amazon fa decollare Malpensa. (Italian). In: LA Prealpina , October 10, 2017