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Castellanza

Coordinates: 45°37′N 08°54′E / 45.617°N 8.900°E / 45.617; 8.900
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Castellanza
Comune
Comune di Castellanza
Location of Castellanza
Map
Castellanza is located in Italy
Castellanza
Castellanza
Location of Castellanza in Italy
Castellanza is located in Lombardy
Castellanza
Castellanza
Castellanza (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°37′N 08°54′E / 45.617°N 8.900°E / 45.617; 8.900
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceVarese (VA)
FrazioniCastegnate, Buon Gesù
Government
 • MayorFabrizio Farisoglio (since 29 May 2006)
Area
[1]
 • Total6 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2004)[2]
 • Total14,659
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
DemonymCastellanzesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
21053
Dialing code0331
Patron saintSan Giulio
Saint day31 January
WebsiteOfficial website

Castellanza is a town and comune located in the province of Varese, along the boundary of the province of Milan, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

Overview

The toponym refers to the castellanze (plural form, singular castellanza), defensive territorial unities who rose around castels and other strongpoints in the then county of Seprio. The Olona river divides Castellanza in the two main boroughs of Castellanza proper and Castegnate. The town is renowned for its recently established private University Carlo Cattaneo (also known as LIUC). The main church of the city is the Church of San Giulio, Castellanza which is located in Paolo VI Square.

The town has a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants, more precisely 14,516 in 2019,[3] and since the late nineteenth century has been one of the main industrial centres in the province of Varese. With the beautiful backdrop of the Alps and the famous Italian lakes Lago Maggiore and Lago di Como, the province of Varese is also home to 23,000 manufacturing and craft industries that export over 30% of their production worldwide and generate employment to approximately 175,000 people.

Castellanza received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on January 4, 1974.

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Castellanza". citypopulation.de. Thomas Brinkhoff. Retrieved 10 October 2019.



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