Agrate Brianza
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Agrate Brianza is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 20 km northeast of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

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Notable people

  • Clement Vismara
    Clement Vismara
    Father Clement Vismara was an Italian priest and missionary.He is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church....

     (1897–1988), missionary
  • Valentino Giambelli
    Valentino Giambelli
    Valentino Giambelli is an ex Italian Footballer and businessman, chairman of A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 from 1980 to 2000.-Football Life:...

     (1928), builder
  • Mino Reitano
    Mino Reitano
    Mino Reitano was an Italian singer and actor.Reitano was born to a poor family in Fiumara, a small village near Reggio Calabria. he studied at the conservatory at Reggio for eight years, learning piano, trumpet, and violin. At a young age he moved with his brothers to Germany, where he played with...

    (1944–2009), singer-songwriter

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