Lainate ( lmo, Lainaa ) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Milan in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy, located about northwest of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
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Lainate borders the following municipalities:
Caronno Pertusella
Caronno Pertusella ( lmo, Caronn e Pertusella ) is a town and ''comune'' located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. It has a population of about 17.775.
See also
* S.C. Caronnese S.S.D.
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Origgio
Origgio ( lmo, Origg ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southeast of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,777 and an area of ...
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Garbagnate Milanese
Garbagnate Milanese ( lmo, Garbagnaa ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan.
As of 30 November 2017, it had a population of 27.185.
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Nerviano
Nerviano ( lmo, Nervian ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the northwestern part of the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of downtown Milan. Its territory is crossed by the Olona
The Olona (''Ol ...
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Arese
Arese ( lmo, Ares ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, about northwest of Milan.
Arese borders the following municipalities: Lainate, Garbagnate Milanese, Bollate, Rho, Milan.
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Rho
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Pogliano Milanese
Pogliano Milanese ( lmo, Pojan ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan
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Lainate is home to
Villa Visconti Borromeo Arese Litta, a Medici-inspired 1500s villa that today attracts many tourists because of its nymphaeum, and the headquarters of the confectionery company
Perfetti Van Melle
Perfetti Van Melle is an Italian-Dutch multinational company of confectionery and gum, It was formed in 2001 with the merger of the Perfetti of Italy, and the Van Melle of the Netherlands. Perfetti Van Melle is headquartered in Lainate, Italy, a ...
which sells candies and gums all over the world
It is also popular for Villoresi Canal and its forest where people usually go for a walk/run.
References
External links
www.comune.lainate.mi.it
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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