Cinisello Balsamo


Cinisello Balsamo is a comune of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, about northeast of Milan.
Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalities: Monza, Muggiò, Nova Milanese, Paderno Dugnano, Cusano Milanino, Sesto San Giovanni, Bresso.
The current comune was formed in 1928 by the union of Cinisello and Balsamo, and received the honorary title of city through a presidential decree on 17 October 1972.

Etymology

Cinisello, originally called Cinixellum, is theorised to have its name come from "Cinis Aelli", "ash of the Aelli", the latter being a supposed Roman gens which would have found burial here.
Balsamo, originally called Balxamum and later Balsemum, is considered to have come from a noble Milanese family of the 10th century that had possessions here.

History

Until the late 1920s, Cinisello and Balsamo were two separate municipalities. By royal decree, on 13 September 1928 a merger was arranged to form the current commune.
As a symbol, the emblem of the city now encompasses those of the two municipalities merged: the emblem of the pastoral and the sword on a red field in fact belongs to Balsamo, the rampant crowned lion on a blue field belongs to Cinisello.

Demographics

Main sights

Cinisello Balsamo is twinned with: