Cantù
Sign in to saveCantù (; Brianzöö: ) is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.
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Cantù is a city in northern Italy's Lombardy region, located in an area called Brianza within the Province of Como. As the second-largest city in Brianza, it serves as an important urban center in this zone.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Cantù
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Cantù
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Piazza garibaldi cantù.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Cantù-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Lombardy
- Italian comune.province
- Como (CO)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Vighizzolo, Fecchio, Mirabello, Cascina Amata, Asnago
- Italian comune.mayor
- Alice Galbiati
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 23
- Italian comune.population_total
- 39917
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 March 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Canturini
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Cantù (; Brianzöö: ) is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.
==History== The name could stem from that of the Canturigi, a population of Insubria of the 6th century BC. A village was founded here by Gauls in the following century, which was conquered by the Romans in 196 BC.