Lugano
Lugano | |
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Coordinates: 46°00′N 8°57′E / 46.000°N 8.950°ECoordinates: 46°00′N 8°57′E / 46.000°N 8.950°E | |
Kintra | Swisserland |
Canton | Ticino |
Destrict | Lugano |
Govrenment | |
• Executive | Municipio with 7 members |
• Mayor | Sindaco (list) Marco Borradori Ticino League (as of February 2014) |
• Pairlament | Consiglio comunale with 60 members |
Area | |
• Total | 75.93 km2 (29.32 sq mi) |
Elevation | 273 m (896 ft) |
Population (2018-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 63,185 |
• Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Postal code | frae 6900 tae 6917, 6932, 6951, 6959, frae 6962 tae 6968, frae 6974 tae 6979 |
SFOS nummer | 5192 |
Localities | Barbengo, Besso, Brè-Aldesago, Breganzona, Cadro, Carabbia, Carona, Castagnola-Cassarate, Cureggia, Davesco-Soragno, Gandria, Loreto, Lugano Centro, Molino Nuovo, Pambio Noranco, Pazzallo, Pregassona, Sonvico, Val Colla, Viganello, Villa Luganese[3] |
Surroondit bi | Arogno, Bioggio, Brusimpiano (Italy), Campione d'Italia (Italy), Canobbio, Capriasca, Collina d'Oro, Grancia, Lanzo d'Intelvi (Italy), Massagno, Melide, Morcote, Muzzano, Paradiso, Ponte Capriasca, Porza, Savosa, Sorengo, Valsolda (Italy), Vezia, Vico Morcote[4] |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
Lugano (Italian pronunciation: [luˈɡaːno]) is a ceety in soothren Swisserland, in the Italian-speakin canton o Ticino, which borders Italy. The population o the ceety proper is 71,500, an the population o the urban agglomeration is ower 145,000. It is the 9t lairgest ceety o Swisserland bi population, the lairgest ceety in Ticino, an the lairgest ceety wi an Italian speakin majority ootside Italy.[5]
The ceety lees on Loch Lugano, surroondit bi the muntains o the Lugano Prealps. Its wairm simmers an the fact that in recent years it haes attractit an iver growin nummer o celebrities, enterteeners, an successfu athletes hae gien it the elk-name o the "Monte Carlo o Swisserland".[6][7]
References
- ↑ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Retrieved 13 Januar 2019.
- ↑ https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.px/; date retrieved: 2 Juin 2020.
- ↑ "Quartieri" (in Italian). City of Lugano. Archived frae the original on 16 Mey 2012. Retrieved 23 Julie 2012. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Top 20 Cities in Switzerland on Population
- ↑ "Svizzera – Lugano – Guida alle città svizzere" (in Italian). Archived frae the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008. Unknown parameter
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Further readin
- "Lugano and its Environs". Switzerland: with the Neighboring Lakes of Northern Italy, Savoy, and the Adjacent Districts of Piedmont, Lombardy and the Tyrol, Handbook for Travellers. Coblenz: Karl Baedeker. 1863.
- "Lugano and its Lake", Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes (26th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1922, OCLC 4248970
- "Lugano", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Freemit airtins
- Official website Archived 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Lugano Tourism
Lugano travel guide frae Wikivoyage