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Cuggiono — Comune — Comune di Cuggiono
Coat of armsLocation of Cuggiono in Italy Coordinates: 45°30′N 08°49′E / 45.5°N 8.817°ECoordinates: 45°30′N 08°49′E / 45.5°N 8.817°E Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Milan (MI) Government - Mayor Giuseppe Locati Area - Total 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) Population (December 31, 2004) - Total 7,816 - Density 558.3/km2 (1,446/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 20012 Dialing code 02 Website Official website Cuggiono (Cugionn in Milanese) is a small Italian town and comune in the province of Milan, 50 km west of Milan on the Motorway A4 to Turin, gate of Marcallo-Mesero.
The Italian singer and composer Angelo Branduardi was born there.
Cuggiono is the sister city of Herrin, Illinois. Many Italians, especially from Cuggiono, immigrated 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.
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