Melegnano

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Melegnano
coat of arms
Melegnano (Italy)
Melegnano
Country Italy
region Lombardy
Metropolitan city Milan  (MI)
Coordinates 45 ° 22 ′  N , 9 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  E
surface 4 km²
Residents 18,379 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 4,595 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 20077
prefix 02
ISTAT number 015140
Website Melegnano
The lock
The lock

Melegnano (formerly Marignano ) is a town with 18,379 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Milan , in the Lombardy region .

The area of ​​the city is 4 km². Neighboring municipalities are San Giuliano Milanese , Colturano , Vizzolo Predabissi , Carpiano and Cerro al Lambro .

history

In 1515 the battle of Marignano took place a few kilometers north of the town . In the hamlet of Mezzano there is the Ossario Santa Maria della Neve , in which the bones of the fallen are kept.

On June 8, 1859, Melegnano was stormed in the second Italian war of independence .

Melegnano town hall
The Ossario in Mezzano

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.