Vedano Olona

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Vedano Olona
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Vedano Olona (Italy)
Vedano Olona
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Vedàn
Coordinates 45 ° 47 '  N , 8 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '37 "  N , 8 ° 53' 13"  E
height 360  m slm
surface 7 km²
Residents 7,426 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,061 inhabitants / km²
Factions Vela, Baraggia, Fondo Campagna, Fontanelle, Careno, Lazzaretto-Cascina Pella, Vigna-Tronno
Post Code 21040
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012134
Popular name vedanesi
Patron saint Mauritius ( September 22 )
Website Vedano Olona
Vedano Olona municipality in the province of Varese
Vedano Olona train station

Vedano Olona is a municipality ( comune ) in the province of Varese in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about 6 kilometers southeast of Varese on the Parco Pineta di Appiano Gentile and covers an area of ​​7  km² . Vedano Olona includes the Vela, Baraggia, Fondo Campagna, Fontanelle, Careno, Lazzaretto-Cascina Pella and Vigna-Tronno fractions. The neighboring municipalities are Binago (CO), Castiglione Olona , Lozza , Malnate , Varese and Venegono Superiore . The Olona flows through the municipality .

history

The Via Varesina in Roman times ran over Vedanum (Roman name for Vedano Olona), which connected Mediolanum with Luganum ( Lugano ) and over baretium ( Varese ), hence the name of the street. During the Middle Ages, the humiliates played a special role in ruling the area around Vedano. The community is evidenced by several documents. In 1121 the inhabitants of Vedano, who came to the aid of the Binaghesi attacked by the Comaschi, were beaten and forced to flee.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1853 1871 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 707 1273 * 1724 1953 1840 2223 2946 3805 5575 6743 6994 7301 7400 7425

religion

The parish church of St. Mauritius (San Maurizio) and the branch church of St. Pankratius (San Pancrazio) belong to the dean's office of Tradate of the Archdiocese of Milan .

traffic

The Saronno – Laveno railway runs through Vedano Olona and also has a train station. The municipality is bounded in the west by the former state road 233 (now provincial road) and in the northeast by state road 342 .

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Maurizio
  • small Romanesque church of San Pancrazio first mentioned in the 10th century, preserves a fresco on the high altar (end of the 15th century)

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 198.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Vedano Olona Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Vedano Olona  - 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.