Casciago

Casciago is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Milan and about 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,960 and an area of 4.0 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi). 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. Demographic evolution References ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. ^ Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo (London, 2000), p. 102