Vimercate
Vimercaa (Lombard) | |
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| Città di Vimercate | |
 Torri Bianche's business district | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Vimercate  | |
  Vimercate Location of Vimercate in Italy  Vimercate Vimercate (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 45°37′N 9°22′E / 45.617°N 9.367°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Monza and Brianza (MB) |
| Frazioni | Ruginello, Oldaniga, Oreno, Velasca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francesco Cereda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.67 km2 (7.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 26,156 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Vimercatesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20871 |
| Dialing code | 039 |
| Patron saint | Saint Stephen |
| Saint day | 3 August |
| Website | Official website |
Vimercate (Italian: [vimerˈkaːte]; Brianzöö: Vimercaa, Lombard: [ʋimerˈkaː]) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Milan and 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Monza.
Its name (whose first finding dates back to the year 745) derives from the Latin Vicus Mercati, which later became Vicus Mercatum and then Vimercato, the ancient form of Vimercate, used up until the 19th century. It means "market village", since Vimercate was an active trade center.[4][5]
The city was founded by the Romans on the banks of the river Molgora, and it originally was a Roman castrum (a military camp). Unfortunately the ancient castrum did not survive to our days, since it was destroyed in the Middle Ages during the various invasions of the Italian peninsula. Yet, given that since the Roman age the city has kept on growing and evolving, several monuments and artifacts have been built over the course of history and are present to these days, starting from the ancient San Rocco Bridge, originally built by the Romans in the 3rd century, to the Collegiate church of Saint Stephen, consecrated in 1272, and the more recent Villa Gallarati Scotti of the 17th century.[4][5]
In 1950 Vimercate received the title of “Città” [6] and in 2009 the city was awarded with the “Medaglia d’argento al merito civile” for the role played during the resistance against Fascism.[7]
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Data from Istat
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ a b Penati, Luigi (1957). VIMERCATE- raccolta di notizie storiche. Vimercate: Tipografia Luigi Penati e Figli.
- ^ a b Carini Inzaghi, Giuse (2009). Portiamoci a Vimercate. Vimercate: Arti Grafiche Mattavelli.
- ^ "Fascicoli comunali". dati.acs.beniculturali.it. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "La Città di Vimercate". www.comune.vimercate.mb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-06-14.