Solbiate con Cagno (Sulbiaa e Càgn in Comasco[2][3]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy.

Solbiate con Cagno
Comune di Solbiate con Cagno
Location of Solbiate con Cagno
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Solbiate con Cagno is located in Italy
Solbiate con Cagno
Solbiate con Cagno
Location of Solbiate con Cagno in Italy
Solbiate con Cagno is located in Lombardy
Solbiate con Cagno
Solbiate con Cagno
Solbiate con Cagno (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°47′N 8°56′E / 45.783°N 8.933°E / 45.783; 8.933
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceComo (CO)
FrazioniSolbiate

Cagno

Concagno
Government
 • MayorFederico Broggi
Area
 • Total
7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Elevation
445 m (1,460 ft)
Population
 (30/11/2020)[1]
 • Total
4,681
 • Density610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
22043
Dialing code031
ISTAT code013255
Websitehttps://www.comune.solbiateconcagno.co.it/

It was established on 1 January 2019 by the merging of the municipalities of Solbiate and Cagno.[4]

It consists of 3 fractions: Solbiate, Cagno and Concagno.

History

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The merging proposal was approved by a popular referendum on 10 June 2018.

Roman Age

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There are evidences that the area of Solbiate con Cagno was already inhabited during the Roman Era.

In Cagno a Roman tomb was excavated in 1976 and it was moved to the current graveyard, where it is shown today.

Middle Age

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The name "Solbiate" appears in various documents of the 11th and 12th centuries, where a loco et fundo Solbiate and a Solbiate iusta Binnacum are cited.

Originally part of the Contado del Seprio, it became part of the Ducato di Milano from the XIV century until the beginning of the 19th century.

Solbiate is also cited in the documents Statuti di Como of 1335, when the maintenance of a part of the main road was assigned to the village.

Cagno was already a village during the Langobards period, during which the churches of San Giorgio and San Michele were built. Important for the period is also the chapel of San Rocco, built during the 15th century.

During the 15th century, Cagno was part of the Odescalchi family estate. Later, Cagno was also part of the Ducato di Milano.

References

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  1. ^ Dato Istat.
  2. ^ AA. VV. Dizionario di toponomastica. Storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani. Milano. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  3. ^ For the Comasco dialect, the Ticino spelling, introduced since 1969 by the cultural association "Famiglia Comasca" in vocabularies, documents and literary production.
  4. ^ "Nasce Solbiate con Cagno. Stravince il sì alla fusione". La Provincia. Como. 11 June 2018.