Cinisello Balsamo

Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisell Balsom (Lombard)
Comune
Comune di Cinisello Balsamo
Piazza Gramsci
Piazza Gramsci
Coat of arms of Cinisello Balsamo
Coat of arms
Cinisello Balsamo is located in Italy
Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisello Balsamo
Location within Italy
Cinisello Balsamo is located in Lombardy
Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisello Balsamo
Location within Lombardy
Coordinates: 45°33′N 9°13′E / 45.550°N 9.217°E / 45.550; 9.217
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
Metropolitan cityMilan (MI)
FrazioniBellaria, Bettola, Borgo Misto, Campo dei Fiori, Casignolo, Cornaggia, Crocetta, Nigozza, Robecco, Sant'Eusebio, Villa Rachele
Government
 • MayorGiacomo Giovanni Ghilardi
Area
 • Total
12.72 km2 (4.91 sq mi)
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
 (30 November 2017)
 • Total
75,943
 • Density5,970/km2 (15,460/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cinisellesi and Balsamesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
20092
Dialing code02
Patron saintSt. Ambrose
Saint dayDecember 7
WebsiteOfficial website

Cinisello Balsamo (Italian pronunciation: [tʃiniˈzɛllo ˈbalsamo]; Lombard: Cinisell Balsom [tʃiniˌzɛl ˈbaːlsum]) is a comune (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Milan.

Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalities: Monza, Muggiò, Nova Milanese, Paderno Dugnano, Cusano Milanino, Sesto San Giovanni, Bresso.

The current comune was formed in 1928 by the union of Cinisello and Balsamo, and received the honorary title of city through a presidential decree on 17 October 1972.

Etymology

Cinisello, originally called Cinixellum, is theorised to have its name come from "Cinis Aelli", "ash of the Aelli", the latter being a supposed Roman gens which would have found burial here.

Balsamo, originally called Balxamum and later Balsemum, is considered to have come from a noble Milanese family of the 10th century that had possessions here.

History

Until the late 1920s, Cinisello and Balsamo were two separate municipalities. By royal decree, on 13 September 1928 a merger was arranged to form the current commune.

As a symbol, the emblem of the city now encompasses those of the two municipalities merged: the emblem of the pastoral and the sword on a red field in fact belongs to Balsamo, the rampant crowned lion on a blue field belongs to Cinisello.

Demographics

Main sights

Church of St. Ambrose, Borgo Misto
Villa Ghirlanda

People

International relations

Cinisello Balsamo is twinned with:

See also

Church of Saint Eusebio

References

  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. ↑ Meroni, Ezio (1993). La parrocchiale di Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus - Arte e fede nei secoli. Cinisello Balsamo: Parrocchia di Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus in Cinisello. p. 57.
  4. ↑ Scurati, Alberto (1987). L'enciclopedia di Cinisello Balsamo. Cinisello Balsamo: Comune di Cinisello Balsamo. p. 28.