Sesto San Giovanni

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Sesto San Giovanni
coat of arms
Sesto San Giovanni (Italy)
Sesto San Giovanni
Country Italy
region Lombardy
Metropolitan city Milan  (MI)
Local name Sest San Giuan /
Sest San Gioann
Coordinates 45 ° 32 '  N , 9 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 32 '0 "  N , 9 ° 14' 0"  E
height 140  m slm
surface 11 km²
Residents 81,841 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 7,440 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 20099
prefix 02
ISTAT number 015209
Popular name Sestesi
Patron saint San Giovanni Battista
Website http://www.sestosg.net/
Sesto San Giovanni, zona Marelli
Sesto San Giovanni, zona Marelli

Sesto San Giovanni is a city with 81,841 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Lombardy in Italy and part of the metropolitan city of Milan . It is located directly north of Milan and is connected to this major city by the M1 underground line.

history

A small town until the 19th century, Sesto San Giovanni grew quite rapidly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Several industrial companies settled here, including Falck , Campari , Magneti Marelli and Breda . During this time, the population rose from 5,000 in 1880 to 14,000 in 1911. After the Second World War , many immigrants from southern Italy settled here. The city had its highest population to date in 1981 with 95,000 inhabitants.

Parts of the film La notte by Michelangelo Antonioni play here.

In the 1990s Sesto San Giovanni suffered an economic crisis and many of the long-established companies closed their branches in the city.

On December 23, 2016, the Berlin assassin , Anis Amri , was shot dead during a police check in Sesto San Giovanni.

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Sesto San Giovanni  - 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.