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Casorate Sempione
Casorate Sempione
Comune
	Comune di Casorate Sempione
	Location of Casorate Sempione
	Casorate Sempione Location of Casorate Sempione in Italy Casorate Sempione Casorate Sempione (Lombardy)
	Coordinates: 45°40′N 8°44′E / 45.667°N 8.733°E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Province of Varese (VA)
Area
• Total	16.9 km2 (6.5 sq mi)
Elevation	285 m (935 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)
• Total	5,334
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Demonym	Casoratesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	21011
Dialing code	0331
Website	Official website

Casorate Sempione is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Milan and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,334 and an area of 6.9 square kilometres (2.7 sq mi).^[3]

Casorate Sempione borders the following municipalities: Arsago Seprio, Cardano al Campo, Gallarate, Somma Lombardo.

Demographic evolution

Culture

San Tito

In Casorate it is still celebrated the party of San Tito, that has been celebrated for the first time in 1926, in order to remember the XV centenary of the death of the martyr. The party is revived every ten years for an amount of time of a couple of weeks. The last edition has taken place in September 2016.

Twin towns — sister cities

Casorate Sempione is twinned with:

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.