Canegrate
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Canegrate
| official_name = Comune di Canegrate
| native_name = {{native name|lmo|Canegraa}}
| image_skyline = Canegrate 11-2010 - panoramio.jpg
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| image_caption = Santa Maria Assunta church Canegrate
| image_shield = Canegrate-Stemma.png
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| coordinates = {{coord|45|34|N|8|56|E|type:city(12,059)_region:IT|display=inline}}
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| region = Lombardy
| metropolitan_city = Milan (MI)
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| mayor_party = Centre-left
| mayor = Matteo Modica
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 5.25
| population_footnotes =All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
| population_total = 12488
| population_as_of = 31 December 2021
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| population_demonym = Canegratesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 196
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| postal_code = 20039
| area_code = 0331
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.canegrate.mi.it/}}
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Canegrate ({{langx|lmo|Canegraa}} {{IPA|lmo|kaneˈɡraː|}}) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about {{convert|20|km|mi}} northwest of Milan.
The town gave its name to the Canegrate culture, a prehistoric civilization whose main archaeological site has been excavated in the communal territory.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060513225731/http://www.comune.canegrate.mi.it/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130622185751/http://www.canegratepartecipa.org/ Canegrate participatory budgeting]
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{{Province of Milan}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Lombardy
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