Castelgerundo is a new ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Lodi
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in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy, located about southeast of
Milan
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and about southeast of
Lodi.
Casrelgerundo borders the following municipalities:
Formigara,
Castiglione d'Adda,
Maleo
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,
Terranova dei Passerini,
Pizzighettone,
Cavacurta,
Codogno
Codogno (; Western Lombard, Lodigiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of 15,868 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is the main center of the plain known as Basso Lodigiano, which has about 90,000 inhabitants. It received ...
.
The new municipality, from 1 January 2018, was made from the union of
Cavacurta and
Camairago. The municipality contains also the ''
frazione
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'' (subdivision) Bosco Valentino e Mulazzana.
History
The process for union of the municipalities of Camairago and Cavacurta started in 2016. On 22 October 2017 a
referendum
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was held which gave positive results.
The following 28 November the union of the two municipalities was approved by the
Regional Council of Lombardy
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It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1 ...
.
Castelgerundo, la Regione dà il via libera al nuovo Comune
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References
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Cities and towns in Lombardy
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