Brusimpiano


Brusimpiano is a comune on Lake Lugano in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about north of Varese, on the border with Switzerland.
Brusimpiano borders the following municipalities: Barbengo, Caslano, Cuasso al Monte, Lavena Ponte Tresa, Marzio, Morcote, Porto Ceresio. The Comune is not far away from the Cinque Vette Park.

Etymology

The name derives from the Greek bruxino, from which Bruxino a plano, or "narrow flat peninsula", a toponym of probable Byzantine origin was derived.