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Casciago

Casciago
Comune
Comune di Casciago
Location of Casciago
Map
Casciago is located in Italy
Casciago
Casciago
Location of Casciago in Italy
Casciago is located in Lombardy
Casciago
Casciago
Casciago (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°49′N 8°47′E / 45.817°N 8.783°E / 45.817; 8.783
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceProvince of Varese (VA)
Government
 • MayorMirko Reto
Area
[1]
 • Total
4.0 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population
 (Dec. 2021)[2]
 • Total
3,613
 • Density900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
21020
Dialing code0332

Casciago is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Milan and about 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Varese. As of 1 December 2021, it had a population of 3.613 and an area of 4.0 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi).[3]

Casciago borders the following municipalities: Barasso, Gavirate, Luvinate, Varese.

Casciago could very well be the location of the ancient Cassiciacum, where Saint Augustine and a few friends lived together in a kind of philosophical commune after Augustine's conversion to Christianity.[4]

Demographic evolution

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. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. ^ Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo (London, 2000), p. 102



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