Villapizzone

Villapizzone
Quartiere of Milan

Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Milan
Comune	Milan
Zone	8
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Villapizzone is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city, located north of the city centre. It was an autonomous comune until 1869.

The district is informally defined as the area surrounding the eponymous railway station ("Stazione di Milano Villapizzone").

History

Documented references to the comune of Villapizzone date back at least to 1346. In the late middle ages and until the 18th century, the comune used to be part of the pieve of Trenno. During Napoleonic rule, Villapizzone was annexed to Milan, but regained its autonomy with the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. In 1869 it was annexed to Musocco, which in turn became part of Milan in 1923.

Villapizzone remained a rural district until World War II; thereafter, it became part of a seamless residential area that includes Bovisa, Quarto Oggiaro and several other districts. The toponymy "Villapizzone" itself was scarcely used for several decades; it reappeared in the late 20th century as a consequence of the realization of the Villapizzone railway station.

Zones and quarters of Milan

Zone 1	Brera Centro Storico Conca del Naviglio Guastalla Porta Sempione Porta Tenaglia

Zone 2	Adriano Crescenzago Gorla Greco Loreto Maggiolina Mandello Mirabello Ponte Seveso Porta Nuova Precotto Stazione Centrale Turro Villaggio dei Giornalisti

Zone 3	Casoretto Cimiano Città Studi Dosso Lambrate Ortica Porta Monforte Porta Venezia Quartiere Feltre Rottole

Zone 4	Acquabella Calvairate Castagnedo Cavriano Forlanini Gamboloita La Trecca Monluè Morsenchio Nosedo Omero Ponte Lambro Porta Vittoria Porta Romana Rogoredo San Luigi Santa Giulia Taliedo Triulzo Superiore

Zone 5	Basmetto Cantalupa Case Nuove Chiaravalle Chiesa Rossa Conca Fallata Fatima Gratosoglio Le Terrazze Macconago Missaglia Morivione Porta Lodovica Porta Vigentina Quintosole Ronchetto delle Rane San Gottardo Selvanesco Stadera Torretta Vaiano Valle Vigentino

Zone 6	Arzaga Barona Boffalora Cascina Bianca Conchetta Creta Foppette Giambellino-Lorenteggio Lodovico il Moro Moncucco Porta Genova Porta Ticinese Ronchetto sul Naviglio San Cristoforo Sant'Ambrogio Teramo Villa Magentino Villaggio dei Fiori

Zone 7	Assiano Baggio Figino Fopponino Forze Armate Harar La Maddalena Muggiano Porta Magenta Quartiere degli Olmi Quarto Cagnino Quinto Romano San Siro Valsesia Vercellese

Zone 8	Boldinasco Bullona Cagnola Campo dei Fiori Cascina Triulza Comina Fiera Gallaratese Garegnano Ghisolfa Lampugnano Musocco Porta Volta Portello Quarto Oggiaro QT8 Roserio San Leonardo Trenno Varesina Vialba Villapizzone

Zone 9	Affori Bicocca Bovisa Bovisasca Bruzzano Ca' Granda Centro Direzionale Comasina Dergano Fulvio Testi Isola La Fontana Montalbino Niguarda Porta Garibaldi Porta Nuova Prato Centenaro Segnano

Coordinates: 45°30′05″N 9°08′55″E / 45.50139°N 9.14861°E / 45.50139; 9.14861

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