Cuggiono ( lmo, Cugiònn ) is a small Italian town and ''

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'' in the

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, west of Milan on the Motorway A4 to

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, gate of Marcallo-Mesero. American baseball player

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's parents were from there. Italian singer and composer

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was born there. Cuggiono is the sister city of

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. Many Italians from Cuggiono, emigrated to

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to work in the coal mines with hopes of the American Dream in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They formed neighborhoods in towns throughout Southern Illinois. Cuggiono borders the following municipalities: Castano Primo,

Buscate Buscate ( lmo, Buscaa ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan. As of 1 January 2014, it had a population of 4,822 and an area of . It is the ancestral home of th ...

Arconate Arconate ( lmo, Arconaa or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan. Arconate borders the following municipalities: Dairago, Buscate, Busto Garolfo, I ...

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, Galliate,

Mesero Mesero (; lmo, label=Milanese, Mesar ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about west of Milan. Mesero borders the following municipalities: Inveruno, Cuggiono, Ossona, Marc ...

and Bernate Ticino.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Milan-geo-stub