Cesate | |
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— Comune — | |
Comune di Cesate | |
Cesate
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Coordinates: | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Lombardy |
Province | Province of Milan (MI) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sergio Bulzi |
Area | |
• Total | 5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi) |
Population (Dec. 2004) | |
• Total | 12,993 |
• Density | 2,279.5/km2 (5,903.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 20020 |
Dialing code | 02 |
Website | Official website |
Cesate is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 12,993 and an area of 5.7 km².[1]
Cesate borders the following municipalities: Limbiate, Solaro, Caronno Pertusella, Senago, Garbagnate Milanese.
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In the book published in 1980 by the Communal Administration "Cesate: inhabitants, history and art, territory - from the Gaulish invasion up to now", by A.Deiana, S.Ettorre, Y.Panin, you read: "the name of the city first appears in a script on an ancient funeral stone still kept in Cesate" at the historical Public Library's site, n.5 Piave Street. The script, "Hoc. Est. Sepvl. Illorum. De. Cixate.", meaning "this is the tomb of Cesatensis nobles", dated back to the 8th-9th century.
So the ancient name of the city was Cixate, appearing three times in the old 8th-century manuscript by Goffredo da Bussero (1220–1289), as a site of churches. This name appears also later, end of 14th century, in another manuscript, "Notizia de clero mediolanensis de anno 1398, though written in different ways: Cixate, Cizate, Cyxate, Cyzate. Someone says that the name "Cesate" is made up of a root, Caesa, and the suffix -ate, locative ablative referring to properties of families and people. So "Cesate" would be equal to "property of Caesar". Anyway, sometimes -ate is meant as a weak form of an ancient Gaulish suffix, and in this case we should think Cesate was a Gaulish installation, then "Romanized".
The figure of the two eagle paws is taken from the Cixate family's coat of arms. As to the naturalistic aspect, the introduction of the tree in the coat of arms indicates which is the right feature of the communal territory, including woods, heaths and corn fields.