Gessate is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Milan

Province of Milan

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 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Lombardy

Lombardy

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, located about 25 km northeast of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,496 and an area of 7.8 km².

The municipality of Gessate contains the frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivision) Villa Fornaci.

Gessate borders the following municipalities: Cambiago

Cambiago

Cambiago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2008, it had a population of 6,256 and an area of 7.3 km²....

, Masate

Masate

Masate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,533 and an area of 4.3 km²....

, Pessano con Bornago

Pessano con Bornago

Pessano con Bornago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan, in an area called Martesana....

, Inzago

Inzago

Inzago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan....

, Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola

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 and, Bellinzago Lombardo

Bellinzago Lombardo

Bellinzago Lombardo is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.Bellinzago Lombardo borders the following municipalities: Gessate, Inzago, Gorgonzola, Pozzuolo Martesana....

.

Gessate hosts the easternmost terminus of Milan Metro

Milan Metro

The Milan Metro is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. Milan metro is the longest metro system in Italy, and is the core of the Milan Transportation System...

(Line 2, Gessate branch).

External links

• www.comune.gessate.mi.it