Merone

Merone
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como  (CO)
Local name	Meron
Coordinates	45 ° 47 '  N , 9 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 47 '10 "  N , 9 ° 14' 50"  E
height	280  m slm
surface	3.2 km²
Residents	4,092 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,279 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22046
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013147
Popular name	Meronesi
Patron saint	James, son of Alphaeus and Philip ( May 3 )
Website	Merone

Merone in the province of Como

Merone train station

Moiana Railway Station

Merone is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 4092 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about 13 kilometers southeast of Como and about 35 kilometers north of Milan and includes the fraction Moiana . The neighboring municipalities are: Costa Masnaga , Erba , Eupilio , Lambrugo , Lurago d'Erba , Monguzzo , Rogeno . Merone borders the province of Lecco .

Community partnerships

Merone has a partnership with the French community of Noyarey in the Isère department .

Attractions

• Parish Church of Santi Giacomo e Filippo (1926)
• Madonna del Rosario di Pompei church (17th century)
• Santa Caterina da Siena Church (16th century)
• Church of San Francesco d'Assisi (1628)

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 280.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Merone Online

Web links

Commons : Merone  - 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.
2. ↑ Parish Church of Santi Giacomo e Filippo (photo)
3. ↑ Church of Madonna del Rosario di Pompei (photo)
4. ↑ Church of Santa Caterina da Siena (photo)
5. ↑ Church of San Francesco d'Assisi (photo)