Pieve Emanuele

Pieve Emanuele
Comune di Pieve Emanuele
The Church of Sant'Alessandro, main church of the comune.
Pieve Emanuele within the Metropolitan City of Milan.
Pieve Emanuele
Location of Pieve Emanuele in Italy
Pieve Emanuele
Pieve Emanuele (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°21′N 9°12′E / 45.350°N 9.200°E / 45.350; 9.200
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
Metropolitan cityMilan
FrazioniFizzonasco, Tolcinasco, Pizzabrasa
Government
 • MayorPierluigi Costanzo
Area
 • Total
13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Elevation
97 m (318 ft)
Population
 (30 June 2025)[2]
 • Total
15,876
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
DemonymPievesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
20072
Dialing code02
ISTAT code015173
Patron saintSaint Alexander of Bergamo
WebsiteOfficial website

Pieve Emanuele (Lombard: Piev [ˈpjeːf]) is a comune (municipality) of 15 876 inhabitants[3] in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Milan, and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Pavia. It is located inside of the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano.

The Lambro meridionale flows through the comune's territory, and its erosive action has created the Valle delle Volpi (English: Valley of the Foxes), which is located entirely in the town's territory. Pieve Emanuele is also lapped by the river Olona. The great presence of water made the construction of a network of artificial canals possible, thus causing the great development of agricultural activity in the area.

Geography

Pieve Emanuele is 12 kilometers (7,4 miles) distant from the center of Milan in a straight line, and it is located in the area known as Bassa pianura lombarda, in english Lower lombard plain. Alongside Locate di Triulzi and Lacchiarella, Pieve Emanuele is one of the three last comuni of the southern part of the metropolitan city, bordering the Province of Pavia, whose capital, Pavia, is at a distance of 15 kilometers (9,3 miles) from Pieve Emanuele itself.

The elevation of the town varies in a range between 70 meters and 100 meters. Within Pieve Emanuele's territory is located the lowest point of the whole Metropolitan City of Milan.

Monuments and main sights

Infrastructure and transport

The comune is near various Strade Provinciali (in english provincial roads) that lead to the nearby comuni in the Pavese and the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano.

Pieve Emanuele is served by its own railway station, located on the Milan–Genoa railway, through which passes the S13 line.

There are also bus lines managed by Autoguidovie for Azienda Trasporti Milanesi, connecting Pieve Emanuele to the various other towns within the outskirts of Milan.

Sport

Sports clubs

  • A.S.D Valentino Mazzola Calcio Pieve Emanuele (ex Polisportiva Pievese, then A.S. Pieve Emanuele from 2003 to the 2010-11 season).[5]
  • A.S.D. Devils (in the frazione Fizzonasco).[6]
  • G.S. Sant'Alessandro (not existent anymore).
  • A.S. Pieve Emanuele - the town's tabletennis club has won various national titles from 2004 to 2007.[7][8][9]
  • Scuola Nuoto Federale recognized by FIN[10]

Administration

Since 1945, the elected local government of Pieve Emanuele had always been left-wing, until 2007: that year, the election of Rocco Pinto, candidate with the centre-right party House of Freedoms won the election.[11] Here is a list of all the mayors since 1994 to 2025:

Mayor Term start Term end   Party Sources
Umberto Franco 1994 1998 PDS [12]
Francesco Argeri 1998 2007 Civic list affiliated with the Democratic Party [13]
Rocco Pinto 2007 2012 Civic list affiliated with the party House of Freedoms [11]
Paolo Festa 2012 2022 PD [14]
Pierluigi Costanzo 2022 Incumbent Civic List SiAMO Pieve Emanuele [14]

[14]

Society

Demographic evolution

  • 180 inhabitants in 1751
  • 408 inhabitants in 1805
  • 1033 inhabitants in 1809 after the annexation of Tolcinasco, Fizzonasco and Pizzabrasa
  • annexation to Basiglio in 1811
  • 1095 inhabitants in 1853 after the annexation of Tolcinasco, Fizzonasco and Pizzabrasa[15]

Foreigners and other ethnicities

According to ISTAT,[16] as of January 2017 the 11% of Pieve Emanuele's populationwas made of foreigners residing in the metropolitan comune. The main foreign nationalities whose representing was based to the percentual they were of the whole population were, as of 2017:

International relations

Pieve Emanuele is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Population data from Istat
  3. ^ "Bilancio demografico mensile". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  4. ^ "Versione Stampabile Scheda Sintetica". chieseitaliane.chiesacattolica.it. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  5. ^ "Scheda squadra Valentino Mazzola Calcio - Tuttocampo.it". www.tuttocampo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  6. ^ "ASD Devils". asddevilscalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  7. ^ "Wayback Machine". www.sanpancraziott.it. Archived from the original on 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  8. ^ "Home - Comitato Olimpico Nazionale". Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian). 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  9. ^ "Tennis-Tavolo Galleria Fotografica, Ping-Pong". www.fitet.it. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  10. ^ "Corsi di Nuoto". www.gismilano.it. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  11. ^ a b https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/pieve-governo-rosso-va-casa-62-anni.html
  12. ^ https://www.tuttitalia.it/lombardia/27-pieve-emanuele/storico-elezioni-comunali/
  13. ^ https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/il-mondo-di-monica-soldi-lavoro-e-politica-85fcbf59
  14. ^ a b c "Storico Elezioni Comunali di Pieve Emanuele (MI)". Tuttitalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  15. ^ "Data Browser". esploradati.istat.it. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  16. ^ "Bilancio demografico popolazione straniera". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  17. ^ "Lista municipiilor înfrățite din România" [List of municipality twinnings in Romania] (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2017-02-04.