Cassano Magnago is a town and ''

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'' in the

province of Varese The province of Varese ( it, provincia di Varese) is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The headquarters of the Agus ...

, Lombardy,

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

Notable people

* Ivan Basso (b 1977),

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champion *

Umberto Bossi Umberto Bossi (born 19 September 1941) is an Italian politician and former leader of Lega Nord (Northern League), a party seeking autonomy or independence for Northern Italy or Padania. He is married to the Sicilian Manuela Marrone, and has ...

(b 1941), politician born here *

Lea Del Bo Rossi Lea Del Bo Rossi (1903–1978), also known as Lea Rossi Del Bo, was an Italian medical researcher who studied clinical microscopy and neurohistopathology. Life and work Lea Del Bo was born 4 March 1903 in Cassano Magnago, Italy, to Adele Mazzuc ...

(1903–1978), medical researcher born here Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Varese-geo-stub