Vignate
Encyclopedia
Vignate is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Milan
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 15 km east of Milan
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Vignate borders the following municipalities: Cernusco sul Naviglio
, Cassina de' Pecchi
, Melzo
, Rodano
, Liscate
, Settala
.
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
The Province of Milan : /) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. The provincial territory is highly urbanized, resulting in the third highest population density among the Italian provinces with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, just behind the provinces of...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, located about 15 km east 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 ,...
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Vignate borders the following municipalities: Cernusco sul Naviglio
Cernusco sul Naviglio
Cernusco sul Naviglio is a town and comune in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.-History:Until the 19th century the town was known as Cernusco Asinario, from the tomb of the Roman functionary Caius Asinius found in its territory...
, Cassina de' Pecchi
Cassina de' Pecchi
Cassina de' Pecchi is a town and comune in the province of Milan, in Lombardy. The comune is bounded by other communes of Cernusco sul Naviglio, Bussero, Gorgonzola, Melzo and Vignate....
, Melzo
Melzo
Melzo is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km east of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 18,400 and an area of 9.7 km²....
, Rodano
Rodano
Rodano is a city and comune in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, with 4.300 inhabitants.- Geography :The territory of Rodano, 13 km East of Milan, is part of the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano and it's still scarcely inhabited, with vast areas committed to agriculture.The several spring polls...
, Liscate
Liscate
Liscate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km east of Milan.-External links:*...
, Settala
Settala
Settala is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km east of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,460 and an area of 17.5 km²....
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