Malnate

Malnate
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Malnàa
Coordinates	45 ° 47 '  N , 8 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 47 '8 "  N , 8 ° 52' 40"  E
height	355  m slm
surface	8 km²
Residents	16,723 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	2,090 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	21046
prefix	0332
ISTAT number	012096
Popular name	malnatesi
Patron saint	Martin of Tours ( November 11th )
Website	Malnate

Malnate municipality in the province of Varese

Malnate

Malnate viewed from the campanile of Martinskirche

San Carlo Church in the Rovera district

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

geography

The municipality borders on the province of Como and is located about 3 kilometers southeast of Varese between Monte Morone (494 m above sea level) and Monte Casione (452 ​​m above sea level) in the valley of the Rio Lanza and Gaggiolo ; here it flows into the river Olona . There are numerous caves in the nearby Parco Valle del Lanza . The municipality covers an area of ​​8  km² . Malnate includes the Baraggia, Folla, Gurone, Rogoredo, Rovera, San Salvatore and Valle factions. The neighboring municipalities are Vedano Olona , Lozza , Binago , Cagno , Cantello , Solbiate and Varese.

population

Population development
year	1751	1784	1805	1812	1853	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2018
Residents	1086	1184	1200	1257	2281	3727	4944	5870	7506	12169	14394	15192	16604	16784

history

With the fall of the Western Roman Empire , the area suffered several invasions by Ostrogoths and Lombards . Between 1160 and 1183 it suffered looting and destruction during the passage of the troops of Frederick Barbarossa , who moved from Como to fight Varese . Malnate first appears in 1132 in a deed between Landolfo and Guglielmo, uncle and nephew, in favor of Pietro Gualapo.

traffic

Malnate is on State Road 342 . To the west of the municipality, the former state road 233 runs towards Milan . Malnate is connected to the rail network with a train station on the Saronno – Laveno line.

Attractions

• Parish Church of San Martino di Tours
• San Matteo church preserves the fresco Madonna del Latte con sant'Antonio abate, santa Liberata e Santa Marta (16th century)
• Oratory of San Rocco, built 1513–1530, preserves the fresco Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina da Siena e Santi (16th century)
• Church of San Carlo Borromeo in the Rovera district

Personalities

• Brothers Antonio Maria and Pietro Comerio (* around 1710 in Malnate; † after 1776 there), Glockengieser active in the canton of Ticino
• Ferruccio Francesco Frisone (* 1909 in Malnate, † 1973 in Milan ), painter, graphic artist

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, ad vocem.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , books.google.ch (Italian).

Malnate and Olona River in the foreground

Web links

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

• Malnate (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi
• Malnate (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
• Malnate (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Malnate (Italian) on ombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Comerio, brothers Antonio Maria and Pietro . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 272 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Frisone, Ferruccio Francesco in the German Biography