Vignate ( ) is a
comune
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(municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Milan
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in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy
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, located about east of
Milan
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.
Vignate borders the following municipalities:
Cernusco sul Naviglio
Cernusco sul Naviglio (; , ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northwestern Italy. With a population of 33,436 as of 2015 it is the 14th-largest municipality in the metropolitan city.
It is located 11 kilometres ...
,
Cassina dell
' Pecchi,
Melzo
Melzo ( ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 18,400 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian sta ...
,
Rodano,
Liscate, and
Settala.
It is served by
Vignate railway station.
Twin towns
Vignate is
twinned with:
*
Gières
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, France, since 1984
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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