Lainate (Lombard: Lainaa ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15km northwest of Milan. Lainate borders the following municipalities: Caronno Pertusella, Origgio, Garbagnate Milanese, Nerviano, Arese, Rho, Pogliano Milanese. Lainate is home to Villa Visconti Borromeo Arese Litta, a Medici-inspired 1500s villa that today attracts a lot of tourists, and the headquarters of the confectionery company Perfetti Van Melle.
