Gavirate is a comune (municipality) in the province of Varese, in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 10 km northwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 9,438 and an area of 13.3 km2. The comune of Gavirate contains the frazioni (hamlets) Oltrona al Lago, Voltorre and other mainly villages: Groppello, Le Vigne, Fignano, Forte di Orino, Fienile delle Pianezze, Armino, Pozzuolo, Cual, Ca'de Monti, Ronco, and Benedetto. Gavirate borders the following comuni: Barasso, Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano, Besozzo, Biandronno, Casciago, Cocquio-Trevisago, Comerio, Cuvio, Varese.

Demographic evolution

Notes and references