Villasanta
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Monza and Brianza (MB) | |
Local name | La Santa | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 36 ' N , 9 ° 18' E | |
height | 173 m slm | |
surface | 4.15 km² | |
Residents | 14,059 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 3,388 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 20852 | |
prefix | 039 | |
ISTAT number | 108049 | |
Popular name | Villasantesi | |
Patron saint | Anastasia of Sirmium and San Marco soldato | |
Website | Villasanta |
Villasanta is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 14,059 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Monza and Brianza in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 3.5 kilometers northeast of Monza and about 18 kilometers northeast of Milan . In the broadest sense, the municipality can still be assigned to the Po Valley . The municipality is located on the eastern edge of the Parco della Valle del Lambro . The Lambro flows a little to the west .
history
The original foundations of the church dedicated to St. Anastasia can be traced back to 768. Presumably the origin can be dated back further, so that there was already a building of God around 500.
In 1929 the district of La Santa was detached from the area of the city of Monza and connected to Villa San Fiorano .
The environmental disaster at Lambro occurred in 2010.
Personalities
- Giulio Oggioni (1916–1993), former Bishop of Bergamo
- Filippo Galli (* 1963), former football player (defense) and coach
- Dany Locati (* 1977), former skeleton pilot
traffic
Villasanta is within the dense road network of Monza and Milan. To Autostrada A51 is only 5 kilometers. Villasanta has been connected to rail traffic with a train station on the non-electrified line from Monza to Molteno (as a section of the Milan- Lecco line ) since 1911. The line is also planned as part of the Milan S-Bahn (S 7).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.