Lipomo

Lipomo ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,758 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

Lipomo borders the following municipalities: Capiago Intimiano, Como, Montorfano, and Tavernerio.

History

A forerunner of modern-day Lipomo was presumably founded in Roman times, at the time when Julius Caesar conquered Como.
For all the imperial era, Lipomo, given its proximity to Como and on a hill, may have been a shelter from the invasions of barbaric populations coming from the Lario area.

In the Middle Ages, Lipomo was a small village which was attacked and almost completely destroyed by the inhabitants of nearby Cantù in 1050, a battle which took place in the context of the disputes between the major local powers of Como and Milan.
When in 1535 the Duchy of Milan fell under Spanish domination, Lipomo – like all the villages of the Pieve di Zezio in North Lombardy – followed the same fate; in 1656 the commune freed itself from feudal subjection by paying a duty based on the number of families present in the area. That was a decision of the Spanish government, which, in search of new funds to replenish the always troubled state coffers, in 1647 had decided to sell certain areas as a fiefdom to a Milanese and Spanish aristocratic family, leaving the centers included in the area itself the possibility of redeeming themselves against the payment of money. However, Lipomo later entered under the domain of the De Herra family, of distant Spanish ancestry, who – until the early 20th century – owned a vast part of the agricultural land and real estate assets of Lipomo.
When Napoleon I conquered Lombardy, Lipomo was added to District XXII of Como, while with the advent of the Cisalpine Republic it moved into District I of Como. Following the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor on March 6, 1805, Lipomo was then included in the Canton II of Como, incorporated into the aforementioned District I of Como and becoming a suburb of Como.
Some members of the growing Lipomo middle-class took part in the Italian Wars of Independence (1860) and World War I. After World War II, which left the community particularly impoverished, in 1946, the De Herra family and their latest heirs belonging to the Melano di Portula and Tanzi families, sold all the remaining real estate and agricultural properties. A rapid and turbulent industrial development took place with a consequent demographic increase, particularly in the textile and mechanical industries.

Demographic evolution

Colors=
id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9)
id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)
id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1)
id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8)

ImageSize = width:455 height:303
PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30
DateFormat = x.y
Period = from:0 till:6000
TimeAxis = orientation:vertical
AlignBars = justify
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0
BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo

BarData=
bar:1861 text:1861
bar:1871 text:1871
bar:1881 text:1881
bar:1901 text:1901
bar:1911 text:1911
bar:1921 text:1921
bar:1931 text:1931
bar:1936 text:1936
bar:1951 text:1951
bar:1961 text:1961
bar:1971 text:1971
bar:1981 text:1981
bar:1991 text:1991
bar:2001 text:2001

PlotData=
color:barra width:20 align:left

bar:1861 from: 0 till:481
bar:1871 from: 0 till:503
bar:1881 from: 0 till:455
bar:1901 from: 0 till:451
bar:1911 from: 0 till:398
bar:1921 from: 0 till:358
bar:1931 from: 0 till:579
bar:1936 from: 0 till:600
bar:1951 from: 0 till:695
bar:1961 from: 0 till:924
bar:1971 from: 0 till:2586
bar:1981 from: 0 till:5240
bar:1991 from: 0 till:5784
bar:2001 from: 0 till:5523

PlotData=

bar:1861 at:481 fontsize:XS text: 481 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1871 at:503 fontsize:XS text: 503 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1881 at:455 fontsize:XS text: 455 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1901 at:451 fontsize:XS text: 451 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1911 at:398 fontsize:XS text: 398 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1921 at:358 fontsize:XS text: 358 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1931 at:579 fontsize:XS text: 579 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1936 at:600 fontsize:XS text: 600 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1951 at:695 fontsize:XS text: 695 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1961 at:924 fontsize:XS text: 924 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1971 at:2586 fontsize:XS text: 2586 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1981 at:5240 fontsize:XS text: 5240 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1991 at:5784 fontsize:XS text: 5784 shift:(-8,5)
bar:2001 at:5523 fontsize:XS text: 5523 shift:(-8,5)

TextData=
fontsize:S pos:(20,20)
text:Data from ISTAT

References

External links

www.comune.lipomo.co.it

Cities and towns in Lombardy

{{Como-geo-stub