The municipal territory, besides the capital, is formed by the districts of Ca’ de Frati, Osteriola, Ponte Vettigano and San Ludovico, which cover an overall area of 22.56 square kilometres.

The municipal territory, which is entirely flat, is furrowed by a dense network of reclamation and irrigation channels, the main ones being the Naviglio to the west and the Tresinaro (to the east).

The liberty-style construction of the elementary school dates back to that period, later demolished in 1926 at the height of the Fascist regime, and then replaced with a building in the architectural style of the time.

Fighting unemployment and giving a better living and working conditions was the aim that helped the rise of the first cooperatives around the turn of the 20th century: Società Operaia di Mutuo Soccorso in 1881, L'Enologica in 1901, Birocciai and that of Miglioramento tra i lavoratori della terra in 1904.

A monument composed of a bas-relief and a commemorative plaque with an inscription: "RIO SALICETO - who drove out the Nazi-Fascist monster - from these lands from these houses - from this bread from this blood - SWEAR - to the seven sons annihilated in the camps - to the twenty-one fallen fighting - for the certainty of the splendid April - to fight together as yesterday as always - for the monster never to come back," was placed on the facade of the town hall to celebrate the Resistance on 25 April 1972, the 30th anniversary of the Liberation.