Casciago
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| region = Lombardy
| province = Province of Varese (VA)
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| mayor = Mirko Reto
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| population_total = 3613
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Casciago is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about {{convert|50|km|mi}} northwest of Milan and about {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} west of Varese. As of 1 December 2021, it had a population of 3.613 and an area of {{convert|4.0|km2|mi2}}.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
Casciago borders the following municipalities: Barasso, Gavirate, Luvinate, Varese.
Casciago could very well be the location of the ancient Cassiciacum, where Saint Augustine and a few friends lived together in a kind of philosophical commune after Augustine's conversion to Christianity.Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo (London, 2000), p. 102
Demographic evolution
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