Cantello

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{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Cantello

| official_name = Comune di Cantello

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|49|N|8|53|E|type:city(4,409)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Lombardy

| province = Province of Varese (VA)

| frazioni = Gaggiolo, Ligurno

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| area_total_km2 = 9.1

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| population_total = 4409

| population_as_of = Dec. 2004

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| elevation_m = 404

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| postal_code = 21050

| area_code = 0332

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.cantello.va.it}}

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Cantello is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about {{convert|45|km|mi}} northwest of Milan and about {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} east of Varese, on the border with Switzerland. On 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,409 and an area of {{convert|9.1|km2|mi2}}.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

The municipality of Cantello contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Gaggiolo and Ligurno.

The town was called Cazzone until 1895. Lombard people never knew vulgarity before the Unification of Italy but, after that, vulgarism arrived from the Southern regions, and that name had to be changed.That word refers to the male organ in the Neapolitan language, and it passed from Naples into the Italian language after 1860.

Cantello borders the following municipalities: Arcisate, Cagno, Clivio, Malnate, Rodero, Stabio (Switzerland), Varese, Viggiù.