Mozzate

Mozzate
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como  (CO)
Local name	Mozzàa
Coordinates	45 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′ 20 "  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 30"  E
height	246  m slm
surface	10 km²
Residents	8,789 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	879 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22076
prefix	0331
ISTAT number	013159
Popular name	Mozzatesi
Patron saint	Alexander (Martyr) ( March 10 )
Website	Mozzate

Location of the municipality of Mozzate in the province of Como

Railway station (around 1920)

Mozzate is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 8789 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about 18 kilometers southwest of Como and about 29 kilometers northwest of Milan at the Parco della Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate . It includes the districts of San Martino and Santa Maria Solaro . The neighboring communities are: Carbonate , Cislago (VA), Gorla Maggiore (VA), Gorla Minore (VA), Limido Comasco , Lurago Marinone .

traffic

The former State Road 233 (today: Provincial Road) runs through the municipality from Varese to Milan. The municipality's train station is on the Saronno – Laveno railway line operated by Ferrovie Nord Milano .

Attractions

• Parish Church of Sant'Alessandro Martire (1569)
• Pilgrimage Church of Beata Vergine Addolorata di San Martino (18th century)
• Church del Crocifisso (17th century)
• San Bartolomeo Church (17th century)
• Palazzo del Seprio (1932)

Personalities

• Luigi Castiglioni (1757–1832), count, botanist
• Carlo Ottavio Cornaggia Medici Castiglioni (* 1851 in Milan), from Mozzate, Count, Senator of the Italian Republic

literature

• Mozzate on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Mozzate  - 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 Sant'Alessandro Martire (photo)
3. ↑ Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine Addolorata di San Martino (photo)
4. ↑ Church del Crocifisso (photo)
5. ↑ Church of San Bartolomeo (photo)
6. ↑ Palazzo del Seprio (photo)