Morazzone 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) of c. 4,000 inhabitants 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 ...
in the
Italian region
Lombardy, located about northwest 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 south of
Varese
Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label=Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559.
It is the c ...
. It is served by
Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone railway station
Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Porto Ceresio–Milan railway, it serves the municipalities of Gazzada Schianno and Morazzone.
Services
Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone is served by the line S5 of the Milan subur ...
.
Morazzone borders the following municipalities:
Brunello,
Caronno Varesino,
Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Varese, in Lombardy. As of 31 December 2015, it has a population of 7,753 inhabitants.
History
The town of Castiglione Olona rose around the fifth century CE under the Roman Empire do ...
,
Castronno
Castronno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Varese.
It is served by Castronno railway station.
History
Little is known about the stor ...
,
Gazzada Schianno,
Gornate-Olona,
Lozza.
File:Morazzone-Stemma.png, Old coat of arms
Sister towns
*
Wimblington
Wimblington is a village in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 1700 as of the 2001 census, including Stonea and increasing to 2,211 at the 2011 Census.
History
The place-name 'Wimblington' is first attested in a d ...
, England, United Kingdom (2007);
*
Békésszentandrás, Hungary (2016).
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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