Motta Visconti
Encyclopedia
Motta Visconti is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Milan
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 25 km southwest of Milan
.
Motta Visconti borders the following municipalities: Vigevano
, Casorate Primo
, Besate
, Trovo
, Bereguardo
.
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
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 southwest 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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Motta Visconti borders the following municipalities: Vigevano
Vigevano
Vigevano is a town and comune in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, northern Italy, which possesses many artistic treasures and runs a huge industrial business. It is at the center of a district called Lomellina, a great rice-growing agricultural centre...
, Casorate Primo
Casorate Primo
Casorate Primo is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km southwest of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Pavia...
, Besate
Besate
Besate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km southwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,813 and an area of 12.7 km²....
, Trovo
Trovo
Trovo is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km southwest of Milan and about 14 km northwest of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 699 and an area of 8.0 km²....
, Bereguardo
Bereguardo
Bereguardo is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km southwest of Milan and about 12 km northwest of Pavia....
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Notable people
- Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873–1894), anarchist and assassin of Marie François Sadi CarnotMarie François Sadi CarnotMarie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman and the fourth president of the Third French Republic. He served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.-Early life:...
, was born into a large peasant family of Motta Visconti.