Arcisate

Arcisate
Comune
Comune di Arcisate
Piazza Alcide De Gasperi
Coat of arms
Arcisate Location within Italy Arcisate Location within Lombardy
Coordinates: 45°52′N 08°52′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Varese (VA)
Frazioni	Brenno Useria, Velmaio
Government
• Mayor	Antonino Centorrino
Area
• Total	12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation	372 m (1,220 ft)
Population  (28 February 2017)
• Total	9,955
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Arcisatesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	21051
Dialing code	0332
Patron saint	St. Victor
Saint day	8 May
Website	Official website

Arcisate is a comune (municipality) in the province of Varese, in the Italian region of Lombardy. The celebrated Arcisate Treasure of Roman silverware was found in the town in the nineteenth century. It is now in the British Museum.

The Campanile in Arcisate

The Arcisate Treasure in the British Museum

Transport

Since 1894, the Varese–Porto Ceresio railway line has run through the municipal area; it was originally operated by Rete Mediterranea, before passing to the management of Ferrovie dello Stato and subsequently to RFI. From that year onwards, there has therefore been a station serving the town, which was demolished in 2010 and subsequently rebuilt and reopened in 2017, having been affected by the construction works for the Mendrisio–Varese railway line (which uses the route of the line to Porto Ceresio on the section between Varese and Arcisate), as a result of which the entire Valceresio railway line was suspended from 2009 to 2018. Once reopened to traffic, the Arcisate station became a junction between the two sections.