Arconate
Comune in Lombardy, Italy
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Arconate (Lombard: Arconaa [arkuˈnaː] or el Conaa [el kuˈnaː]) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Milan.
Arconate | |
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| Comune di Arconate | |
View of Arconate | |
  Arconate Location of Arconate in Italy  Arconate Arconate (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 45°32′N 8°51′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Metropolitan city | Milan (MI) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sergio Calloni (Cambiamo Arconate) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2004)[2] | |
• Total | 5,871 |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Arconatesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20020 |
| Dialing code | 0331 |
| Website | Official website |
Arconate borders the following municipalities: Dairago, Buscate, Busto Garolfo, Inveruno, Cuggiono. Arconate is a twin with the city Lennik in Belgium
History
The territory on which Arconate currently stands was inhabited in ancient times by the Ligurians, who then left room for the Celts during the fifth century BC. A trace of the Ligurian origin would still be found in the phonetics of the local dialect; the conservation of these features is justified by the remoteness of the ancient village from larger centers and from the main roads.[3] Like all of Cisalpine Gaul, this area was also conquered in the third century BC. by the Romans, who revolutionized the territorial organization: they divided the agricultural fields with an orthogonal line formation and likewise did for the construction of roads and paths, on the model of the topography of military camps
