What is Melegnano?
{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Melegnano | official_name = Città di Melegnano | native_name = | image_skyline = Collage foto di Melegnano (MI).png | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = Melegnano-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | shield_size = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|45|22|N|09|19|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Lombardy]] | metropolitan_city = [[Metropolitan City of Milan|Milan]] (MI) | frazioni = | mayor_party = [[Partito Democratico]] | mayor = Rodolfo Bertoli | area_total_km2 = 4 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 18101 | population_as_of = 31 December 2004 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 20077 | area_code = 02 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.melegnano.mi.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Melegnano''' (formerly '''Marignano''') is a city and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Metropolitan City of Milan]] in the [[Lombardy]] region in [[Italy]]. About 18,000 people live there. == History == In 1515, Melegnano is known particularly for the [[Battle of Marignano]], which is between [[France]] and [[Switzerland]]. In 1859, it is also known for the battles between the [[Second French Empire|French]] and [[Austrian Empire|Austrians]] in the [[Second Italian War of Independence]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{Metropolitan City of Milan}} {{authority control}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Cities in the Province of Milan]]