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Sesto San Giovanni (; lmo, Sest San Giovann, label=
Western Lombard Western Lombard is a group of dialects of Lombard, a Romance language spoken in Italy. It is widespread in the Lombard provinces of Milan, Monza, Varese, Como, Lecco, Sondrio, a small part of Cremona (except Crema and its neighbours), ...
), locally referred to as just Sesto ( lmo, Sest, links=no), is a ''
comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
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,
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, northern
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. Its railway station is the northernmost stop on the Milan Metro M1 line. The comune has the honorary title of city, despite being a ''
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'' suburb of Milan. An unimportant agglomerate of buildings until the 19th century, Sesto San Giovanni grew during the end of the 19th century and in the early 20th century, becoming the site of several industries, including companies such as Falck, Campari, Magneti Marelli and
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. In that period the population increased rapidly, from 5,000 inhabitants in 1880 to 14,000 in 1911. After
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, Sesto became populated by many migrants from other parts of Italy, leading to an increased population of 95,000 inhabitants in 1981. Sesto used to be referred to as the "
Stalingrad Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...
of Italy", due to the strong historical presence of the Italian Communist Party and to its resistance to fascism in World War Two. Because of its diverse and growing industries, Sesto has drawn many immigrants. Census statistics from 2016 state that 17% of the population is composed of immigrants. In the 1990s, Sesto San Giovanni suffered an economic crisis, and most of the larger companies in the town closed their premises. The town partially succeeded in converting its economy from steel production to service industries. Several large companies opened offices in Sesto, such as ABB Group, WIND Telecommunications,
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and
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. On 23 December 2016,
Anis Amri On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was the truck's original dr ...
, perpetrator of Berlin truck attack was shot fleeing in the city by the police. Sesto San Giovanni received the honorary title of city by presidential decree on 10 April 1954.


People

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Ferdinando Terruzzi Ferdinando Teruzzi (17 February 1924 – 9 April 2014)Nicolás Cotugno Nicolás Domingo Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. (born 21 September 1938 in Sesto San Giovanni, Province of Milan) is an Italian-Uruguayan Roman Catholic priest. Early life He was the Archbishop of Montevideo from 4 December 1998 till 11 February ...
(born 1938), former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay *
Teresa Sarti Strada Teresa Sarti Strada, (28 March 1946 – 1 September 2009) was an Italian teacher, pacifist and philanthropist who, together with her husband Gino Strada, founded Emergency, an NGO dedicated to providing free medical treatment to the victims of ...
(1948–2009), co-founder of Emergency *
Gino Strada Gino Strada (21 April 1948 – 13 August 2021) was an Italian war surgeon, human rights activist, peace activist, and founder of Emergency, a recognized international non-governmental organization. Early life and education Gino Strada was b ...
(1948–2021) war surgeon and founder of '' Emergency'', a UN-recognized international humanitarian organisation that gives free medical treatment to victims of war *
Massimo Carrera Massimo Carrera (; born 22 April 1964) is an Italian professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of clubs Spartak Moscow and later AEK Athens, before leaving continental football and joining local club Ba ...
(born 1964), footballer and coach *
Marco Saligari Marco Saligari (born 18 May 1965 in Sesto San Giovanni) is a directeur sportif and former Italian road bicycle racer who raced during the 1990s. Since 2002, Saligari has served as manager of the Landbouwkrediet (formerly ''Colnago-Landbouwkrediet ...
(born 1965), cyclist * Barbara Fusar-Poli (born 1972), figure skater *
Fabio Macellari Fabio Macellari (born 23 August 1974 in Sesto San Giovanni) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Bobbiese in Prima Categoria. Football career Macellari started his career at Pro Sesto (Serie C1). He then signed by U. ...
(born 1974), footballer * Franco Masetto (born 1942), footballer


Twin towns - sister cities

Sesto San Giovanni is twinned with: * Saint-Denis, France * Zlín, Czech Republic


References

Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Milan-geo-stub