Seveso

Comune

Città di Seveso

Coat of arms

Seveso

Location of Seveso in Italy

Coordinates: 45°38′N 9°8′E / 45.633°N 9.133°E

Country

Italy

Region

Lombardy

Province / Metropolitan city

Monza and Brianza (MB)

Frazioni

Baruccana

Government

• Mayor

Paolo Butti

Area

• Total

7.34 km² (2.83 sq mi)

Elevation

211 m (692 ft)

Population (13 December 2010)

• Total

22,877

• Density

3,100/km² (8,100/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Sevesini

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

20822

Dialing code

0362

Website

Official website

Seveso (in Lombard dialect: Séves) is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based on the furniture industry.

Its name comes from the river of the same name which crosses the comune in a north-south direction.

Seveso received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 18 June 2003.

The town is situated 21 kilometres (13 mi) to the north of Milan in the Brianza lowlands. The territory of the commume is highly urbanised, with the majority of inhabitants living in the town.

Seveso lies on the national trunk road Statale dei Giovi, which connects Milan to Como and on the Milan-Meda motorway. Seveso railway station is located on the Milan–Asso railway, while Seveso-Baruccana railway station is located on the Saronno–Seregno railway.

Neighbouring communes are Meda, Seregno, Barlassina, Cogliate, Cesano Maderno.

Seveso's origins date back to about the 3rd century BC, when certain areas around Brianza were used as military staging posts for the Roman conquest of Gaul. Towards 780, the monastery at Meda was founded, the jurisdiction of which extended to the territory of Seveso.

In 1252 the church of Saint Peter Martyr (S. Pietro Martire) was constructed in homage to the Dominican order brother who had been assassinated in Seveso. The Church of the Seminary preserves in its crypt the knife which was used to kill him.

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