Vergiate

Vergiate is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2018 it had a population of 8,716^[3]

Vergiate
Comune
Comune di Vergiate
Location of Vergiate
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Coordinates: 45°43′N 8°42′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Varese (VA)
Frazioni	Cimbro, Corgeno, Cuirone, Sesona
Government
• Mayor	Daniele Parrino
Area [1]
• Total	21.77 km2 (8.41 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population  (28 February 2017)[2]
• Total	8,732
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Vergiatesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	21029
Dialing code	0331
Website	Official website

Vergiate borders the following municipalities: Arsago Seprio, Casale Litta, Comabbio, Golasecca, Mercallo, Mornago, Sesto Calende, Somma Lombardo, Varano Borghi.

People

• Giorgio Locatelli, chef and expatriate in England. He and Andrew Graham-Dixon are known for their Sicily Unpacked and Italy Unpacked television series.^[4]
• Enrico Baj, Italian writer and artist. He moved in the late 1950s to Vergiate and died there in 2003. The city has also a square dedicated to him.

Is an important artist and som his operas is in a important musium (click [6] for info)^[5][6]