Arosio ( Brianzöö: ; locally ) 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 ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Como The Province of Como ( it, Provincia di Como; german: Provinz Como; Comasco: ) is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and ...

in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

and about southeast of

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps has m ...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,521 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Arosio borders the following municipalities: Carugo, Giussano, Inverigo. Arosio is a valuable town in

Brianza Brianza (, , lmo, label= Brianzöö dialect, Briànsa) is a geographical, historical and cultural area of Italy, at the foot of the Alps, in the northwest of Lombardy, between Milan and Lake Como. Geography Brianza extends from th ...

a geographical area at the foot of the Alps, and is a part of the Parco della Valle del

Lambro The Lambro ( lmo, Lamber or ''Lambar'' ) is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po. The Lambro rises from the Monte San Primo, elevation , near the Ghisallo, in the province of Como, not far from Lake Como. After Magr ...

. It is crossed by two important roads named Nuova Vallassina and Novedratese The town hosted the Institute for Invalids where

Don Carlo Gnocchi Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places * County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia * Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a v ...

founded the Federation for Mutilated Children, in 1952 began the Juvenile Foundation, today known as the Don Carlo Gnocchi – ONLUS Foundation. The bird observatory ''Osservatorio Ornitologico di Arosio'' was established in 1710. It has a museum.

Demographic evolution

References

External links

www.comune.arosio.como.it

Parco della valle del Lambro

Percorsi in Brianza

Parco della valle del Lambro regione Lombardia

Don Carlo Gnocchi – Film

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