Marnate

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Marnate
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Marnate (Italy)
Marnate
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Marnàa
Coordinates 45 ° 37 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E
height 227  m slm
surface 4.81 km²
Residents 8,024 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 1,668 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 21050
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012098
Popular name marnatesi
Patron saint Hilary of Poitiers ( January 13th )
Website www.comune.marnate.va.it
Marnate municipality in the province of Varese
Parish Church of Sant'Ilario in Poitiers
Entrance to the Marnate bunker

Marnate is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 8024 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Varese in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located 21 kilometers south-southeast of Varese and 28 kilometers northwest of Milan on the Olona ; it covers an area of ​​4.81  km² . The Nizzolina faction belongs to Marnate . Marnate borders directly on the metropolitan city of Milan . The neighboring municipalities are Castellanza , Gorla Minore , Olgiate Olona and Rescaldina (MI).

history

Excavations from 1972 suggest that the parish area was already settled from 300 BC. In Roman times there was a military river port in Marnate, and the Olona river was an important means of communication with Gaul. In 1972 archaeological discoveries were made in the area at the foot of the hill of Nizzolina Alta, suggesting the existence of a small cemetery from 300 BC. The village was first mentioned in 1072. In 1176 the wounded emperor Friedrich Barbarossa stopped at Marnate to receive first aid.

In 1630 the plague also struck Marnate; for this occasion the hospital was built in the middle of the valley.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1853 1859 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2016 2018
Residents 400 498 * 698 721 1050 1495 2205 3056 4577 5639 5967 7299 7806 7903

Attractions

  • Parish church of Sant'Hilarius of Poitiers preserves the fresco Sant'Ilario , the high altar from the 18th century and the organ by the Carrera brothers (1770), renovated in 1902 and 1914 by the architect Camillo Crespi
  • Church della Madonna or Santa Maria in Piazza
  • WWII bunker built near the Olona River in 1944.

traffic

Marnate is on the A8 autostrada from Milan towards Lake Maggiore .

Others

Christian Television in Italy, the Italian language version of the Trinity Broadcasting Network , was founded in Marnate in 1979.

The Olona in Marnate

literature

  • Marnate (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Marnate  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Marnate (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi
  • Marnate (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Marnate (Italian) on lombardia.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.