Casciago

Casciago
Comune
Comune di Casciago
Casciago

Location of Casciago in Italy

Coordinates: 45°49′N 8°47′E / 45.817°N 8.783°E / 45.817; 8.783Coordinates: 45°49′N 8°47′E / 45.817°N 8.783°E / 45.817; 8.783
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Province of Varese (VA)
Government
  Mayor Andrea Zanotti
Area
  Total 4.0 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population (Dec. 2004)
  Total 3,960
  Density 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 21020
Dialing code 0332

Casciago is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Milan and about 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,960 and an area of 4.0 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi).[1]

Casciago borders the following municipalities: Barasso, Gavirate, Luvinate, Varese.

Casciago could very well be the location of the ancient Cassiciacum, where Saint Augustine and a few friends lived together in a kind of philosophical commune after Augustine's conversion to Christianity.[2]

Demographic evolution

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo (London, 2000), p. 102
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