Lainate 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 Milan

Province of Milan

The Province of Milan : /) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. The provincial territory is highly urbanized, resulting in the third highest population density among the Italian provinces with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, just behind the provinces of...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Lombardy

Lombardy

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, located about 15 km northwest 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 2004, it had a population of 24,146 and an area of 12.9 km².

The municipality of Lainate 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) Barbaiana, Grancia, and Pagliera.

Lainate borders the following municipalities: Caronno Pertusella

Caronno Pertusella

Caronno Pertusella is a town and comune located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy....

, Origgio

Origgio

Origgio is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northwest of Milan and about 30 km southeast of Varese...

, Garbagnate Milanese

Garbagnate Milanese

Garbagnate Milanese is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northwest of Milan....

, Nerviano

Nerviano

Nerviano is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northwest of Milan. Its territory is crossed by the Olona river and by the Villoresi Canal.-External links:*...

, Arese

Arese

Arese is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 19,333 and an area of ....

, Rho

Rho (Italy)

Rho is a town and comune near Milan, Italy in the region of Lombardy, and has about 51,000 inhabitants.-History:Rho is first mentioned in a written document from 846 AD, referred to as simply a bunch of houses under the name of Vicus Raudus. According to a theory, the name derives from the Campi...

, Pogliano Milanese

Pogliano Milanese

Pogliano Milanese is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northwest of Milan...

.

Lainate is home to "Villa Litta", a popular tourist attraction.

External links

• www.comune.lainate.mi.it