Demonym(s) Cuggionesi Dialing code 02 Elevation 157 m Local time Monday 10:48 AM | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Patron saint St. George Area 14 km² Postal code 20012 Dialling code 02 | |
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Cuggiono (Cugionn in Milanese) is a small Italian town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Milan on the Motorway A4 to Turin, gate of Marcallo-Mesero.
Map of 20012 Cuggiono Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
The Italian singer and composer Angelo Branduardi was born there.
Cuggiono is the sister city of Herrin, Illinois. Many Italians from Cuggiono, emigrated to Southern Illinois to work in the coal mines with hopes of the American Dream in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They formed neighborhoods in towns throughout Southern Illinois.
Cuggiono borders the following municipalities: Castano Primo, Buscate, Arconate, Robecchetto con Induno, Galliate, Mesero and Bernate Ticino.
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