Giussano 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

Italy

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 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 25 km north 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 ,...

. As of 31 December 2009, it had a population of 24,363 and an area of 10.3 km².

The municipality of Giussano contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Paina, Birone, Robbiano, and Brugazzo.

Giussano borders the following municipalities: Inverigo

Inverigo

Inverigo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como...

, Carugo

Carugo

Carugo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 14 km southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,729 and an area of 4.1 km²....

, Arosio

Arosio

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, Briosco

Briosco

Briosco is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,676 and an area of 6.6 km²....

, Mariano Comense

Mariano Comense

Mariano Comense is a town and comune in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy. It has c. 23,600 inhabitants and is one of the most important cities of the Brianza. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on February 29, 1996. The city is also known for the drummer Fabio...

, Carate Brianza

Carate Brianza

Carate Brianza is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza. The city lies at an altitude ranging from 230 and 300 m above sea level, on the Lambro river.- History :...

, Verano Brianza

Verano Brianza

Verano Brianza is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,968 and an area of 3.5 km²....

, Seregno

Seregno

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Giussano received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on October 22, 1987.

External links

• www.comune.giussano.mb.it