Cantù, town, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy, southeast of Como city. The town has miscellaneous industries, principally the manufacture of furniture, lace, and hardware. There is a school of carpentry. Among its several medieval churches San Teodoro has a 13th-century apse, and the campanile of the parish church dates from the same period. Pop. (2006 est.) mun., 37,111.