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Cantello
Cantello (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°49′N8°53′E / 45.817°N 8.883°E / 45.817; 8.883
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Province of Varese (VA)
Frazioni Gaggiolo, Ligurno
Area
[1]
  Total9.1 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Elevation
404 m (1,325 ft)
Population
 (Dec. 2004) [2]
  Total4,409
  Density480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
21050
Dialing code 0332
Website Official website

Cantello is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Milan and about 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Varese, on the border with Switzerland. On 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,409 and an area of 9.1 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi). [3]

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The municipality of Cantello contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Gaggiolo and Ligurno.

The town was called Cazzone until 1895. Lombard people never knew vulgarity before the Unification of Italy but, after that, vulgarism arrived from the Southern regions, and that name had to be changed. [4]

Cantello borders the following municipalities: Arcisate, Cagno, Clivio, Malnate, Rodero, Stabio (Switzerland), Varese, Viggiù.

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References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. That word refers to the male organ in the Neapolitan language, and it passed from Naples into the Italian language after 1860.