Cinisello Balsamo

Cinisello Balsamo (Italian pronunciation: [tʃiniˈzɛllo ˈbalsamo]; Lombard: Cinisell Balsom [tʃiniˌzɛl ˈbaːlsum]) is a comune (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Milan.

Cinisello Balsamo Cinisell Balsom (Lombard)
Comune
Comune di Cinisello Balsamo
Piazza Gramsci
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°33′N 9°13′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Metropolitan city	Milan (MI)
Frazioni	Bellaria, Bettola, Borgo Misto, Campo dei Fiori, Casignolo, Cornaggia, Crocetta, Nigozza, Robecco, Sant'Eusebio, Villa Rachele
Government
• Mayor	Giacomo Giovanni Ghilardi
Area [1]
• Total	12.72 km2 (4.91 sq mi)
Elevation	154 m (505 ft)
Population  (30 November 2017)[2]
• Total	75,943
• Density	5,970/km2 (15,460/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Cinisellesi and Balsamesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	20092
Dialing code	02
Patron saint	St. Ambrose
Saint day	December 7
Website	Official website

Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalities: Monza, Muggiò, Nova Milanese, Paderno Dugnano, Cusano Milanino, Sesto San Giovanni, Bresso.

The current comune was formed in 1928 by the union of Cinisello and Balsamo, and received the honorary title of city through a presidential decree on 17 October 1972.

Etymology

Cinisello, originally called Cinixellum, is theorised to have its name come from "Cinis Aelli", "ash of the Aelli", the latter being a supposed Roman gens which would have found burial here.^[3]

Balsamo, originally called Balxamum and later Balsemum, is considered to have come from a noble Milanese family of the 10th century that had possessions here.^[4]

History

Until the late 1920s, Cinisello and Balsamo were two separate municipalities. By royal decree, on 13 September 1928 a merger was arranged to form the current commune.

As a symbol, the emblem of the city now encompasses those of the two municipalities merged: the emblem of the pastoral and the sword on a red field in fact belongs to Balsamo, the rampant crowned lion on a blue field belongs to Cinisello.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1861 5,158 —     1871 5,285 +2.5% 1881 5,221 −1.2% 1901 6,011 +15.1% 1911 7,350 +22.3% 1921 7,955 +8.2% 1931 10,086 +26.8% 1936 11,859 +17.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1951 15,336 +29.3% 1961 37,699 +145.8% 1971 77,284 +105.0% 1981 80,757 +4.5% 1991 76,262 −5.6% 2001 72,050 −5.5% 2011 71,128 −1.3% 2021 74,391 +4.6%
Source: ISTAT

Main sights

Church of St. Ambrose

Villa Ghirlanda

• Church of Sant'Ambrogio (17th century) in Cinisello
• Small church of Sant'Eusebio, dating from Lombard times
• Shrine of St. Martin Bishop (16th century)
• Church of San Martino (16th century) in Balsamo
• Villa Ghirlanda Silva Cipelletti (16th century) with one of the first Landscape garden in Italy, designed by count Ercole Silva in the early of 19th century
• Piazza Gramsci, the main square of Cinisello, overlooked by the Church of Sant'Ambrogio and Villa Arconati
• Church of Saint Pio X (1958)
• Church of Saint Joseph worker (1957)
• Church of Saint Peter (1968)
• Church of Sacred Family (1965)
• Church of Santa Margherita (1961)
• Church of San Bernardino

People

• Carino of Balsamo (? – 1293), beatified Dominican lay brother
• Carlo Oriani (1888), cyclist
• Valerio Ruggeri (1934), voice actor
• Ernesto Castano (1939), footballer
• Pierino Prati (1946), footballer and coach
• Gaetano Scirea (1953), footballer and coach
• Marco Veronese (1976), footballer and coach
• Roberto Cammarelle (1980), boxer
• Sfera Ebbasta (1992), rapper
• Luciano Spinelli (2000), actor and Internet personality
• PANDA BOI, Internet personality

International relations

Cinisello Balsamo is twinned with:

• Mazzarino, Italy

See also

Church of Saint Eusebio

• Borgo Misto
• Crocetta (Cinisello Balsamo)
• Villa Rachele
• SS36
• Province of Milan
• Lombardy
• Lombards
• Sanctuary of San Martino
• Church of San Martino (Cinisello Balsamo)