Jerago con Orago

Jerago con Orago
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Ieragh e Oragh
Coordinates	45 ° 42 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 42 '20 "  N , 8 ° 47' 50"  E
height	324  m slm
surface	4.03 km²
Residents	5,258 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	1,305 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Jerago, Orago
Post Code	21040
prefix	0331
ISTAT number	012085
Popular name	Jeraghesi and Oraghesi
Patron saint	George (saint) ( April 23 ), John the Baptist ( June 24 )
Website	Jerago con Orago

Jerago con Orago municipality in the province of Varese

Castle of Jerago (1980)

Jerago con Orago is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located about 12 kilometers south-southwest of Varese on the Arno River . The fractions Jerago and Orago belong to Jerago con Orago . The neighboring municipalities are Albizzate , Besnate , Cavaria con Premezzo , Oggiona con Santo Stefano , Solbiate Arno and Sumirago .

history

The first traces of settlement in the area of ​​the municipality date back to Roman times , as several finds suggest that it was inhabited by small communities of shepherds. In the Middle Ages, the area was affected by the fighting between the Torriani and the Visconti for control of the Contado del Seprio . The strategic location of the village allowed him to build small defensive structures that were later converted into real castles.

population

Population development
year	1861	1871	1881	1901	1911	1921	1936	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2018
Residents	790	822	939	1089	1440	1787	2167	2728	3328	4068	4340	4381	4688	5084	5140

traffic

With the neighboring communities Cavaria con Premezzo and Oggiona con Santo Stefano , Jerago con Orago shares the Cavaria-Oggiona-Jerago station on the Gallarate – Varese railway , which is located in Cavario. The A8 autostrada from Milan to Varese and the former state road 341 (now a provincial road) run through the municipality .

Alessandro Costacurta

Attractions

• Parish Church of San Giorgio in the Jerago fraction
• Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista in the Orago fraction
• Castle in Jerago and Castle in Orago (13th century)

Parish partnership

• Chazelles-sur-Lyon (France)
• Untergruppenbach (Germany)

Personalities

• Alessandro Costacurta (born April 24, 1966 in Jerago con Orago), football player
• Luigi Chinetti (born July 17, 1901 in Jerago con Orago, † August 17, 1994), American racing driver of Italian origin
• Valerio Cassani (born February 28, 1922 in Jerago con Orago, † February 23, 1995 ibid), football player
• Marino Viganò, researcher, historian and writer

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 207.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Jerago con Orago Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Jerago con Orago  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jerago con Orago (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 28, 2015.
• Jerago con Orago (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
• Jerago con Orago (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Jerago con Orago (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.
2. ↑ inauthor: "Marino Viganò"