Seveso

Seveso
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Monza and Brianza  (MB)
Local name	Séves
Coordinates	45 ° 39 '  N , 9 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 39 '0 "  N , 9 ° 9' 0"  E
height	211  m slm
surface	7.34 km²
Residents	23,982 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	3,267 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	20822
prefix	0362
ISTAT number	108040
Popular name	Sevesini
Patron saint	Santi Gervasio e Protasio
Website	Seveso

Seveso is an Italian municipality with 23,982 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Monza and Brianza in the Lombardy region .

The Seveso River flows through the village and crosses the municipality in a north-south direction.

geography

The city is located 21 km north of Milan on the national road dei Giovi , which connects Milan with Como and with the highways Milan-Como and Turin-Venice . It is also connected to the rail network by the Ferrovie Nord Milano railway company.

The rather rural territory borders in the north on the communities of Barlassina , Meda and Seregno , in the south on Cesano Maderno .

history

The origins of Seveso go back to the Gallic- Roman period around the third century BC. Around 780 the monastery of Meda was founded, whose jurisdiction extended to the territory of Seveso. St. Peter's Church (S. Pietro Martire) was built in 1252, this marks the starting point for the independent development of the city.

In the 16th century the city was ravaged by two famines and a plague epidemic (1524 and 1576). During the 17th century it was run by several families (including the Arese family), who left behind important monuments. In 1798, Prince Giuseppe II ordered the Dominicans to give up the monastery. With the unification of the Kingdom of Italy, the territory of Barlassina came to Seveso; the population rejected this decision, and the two communities have been separated again since 1901.

Environmental disaster

On July 10, 1976 occurred in the city of dioxin -Unfall, who as Seveso disaster was known. Since then, the name has stood for one of the largest environmental disasters in Europe and was the starting point for Directive 96/82 / EC (Seveso II Directive) .

economy

The city's economy is traditionally related to the furniture industry. Other industrial sectors in Seveso are the mechanical industry and the production of construction, distribution materials.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Carlo Confalonieri (1893–1986), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Antonio Comi (born 1964), football player

Web links

• City of Seveso, official website (in Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Antonio Comi on transfermarkt.it