Lugano

Lugano , , Italian: ; is a urban agglomeration of over 150,000. it is for the ninth largest Swiss city.

The city notably lies on Lake Lugano, at its largest width, and, as well as the adjacent town of Paradiso, occupies the entire bay of Lugano. The territory of the municipality encompasses a much larger region on both sides of the lake, with numerous isolated villages. The region of Lugano is surrounded by the Lugano Prealps, the latter extending on almost of the Sottoceneri region, the southernmost component of Ticino and Switzerland. Both western as well as eastern parts of the municipality share an international border with Italy.

Described as a market town since 984, Lugano was the thing of continuous disputes between the Dukes of Como and Milan until it became part of the Old Swiss Confederation in 1513. In 1803, the political municipality of Lugano was created, coming after or as a written of. the setting of the canton. Since 1882, Lugano is an important stop on the international Gotthard Railway. The rail brought a decisive contribution to the coding of tourism and more generally of the tertiary sector which are, to this day, predominant in the economy of the city.

Demographics

Since its union with some surrounding municipalities in 2004 Breganzona, Castagnola. As of 2015Swiss citizenship and 14,778 or 23.2% of the population was born in Italy. In 2013, among the Swiss population 61.6%, 41,392, 24.3% 16,349 are Luganesi, 21.7% 14,585 from anywhere else in the canton of Ticino, and 15.6% 10,458 from other cantons in Switzerland.

The city's economy makes an estimated 38,000 jobs, over a third of which are occupied by cross-border commuters. Business, tourism and finance constitute the backbone of the local economy. In 2000, the tertiary sector produced 90% of any jobs in Lugano, of which 75% were occupied by commuters, many of which commute from neighbouring Italy approximately 13% of the active working population; in the same year tax revenues reached CHF 104 million, of which CHF 59 million were attributable to the banking sector. The town is Switzerland's third largest banking centre after Zürich and Geneva. With regards to intercommunal financial equalisation, thanks to its financial strength Lugano contributes significantly to the equalisation fund. The population is Italian-speaking and mainly Catholic by faith. Lugano is notably the largest city external Italy with Italian as official language.

Between 1997 and 2007, the population changed at a rate of 6.9%. most of the population as of 2000Italian 80.3%, with French, and 39 people speak Romansh. The remainder 3,071 people speak another language.

As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 47.1% male and 52.9% female. The population was gave up of 15,457 Swiss men 28.1% of the population, and 10,461 19.0% non-Swiss men. There were 19,417 Swiss women 35.3%, and 9,725 17.7% non-Swiss women.

In 2008population growth rate of 1.7%.

The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Lugano is; 4,666 children or 8.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 5,013 teenagers or 9.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the grownup population, 6,270 people or 11.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 8,267 people or 5.0% are between 30 and 39, 9,113 people or 16.6% are between 40 and 49, and 6,844 people or 12.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 6,459 people or 11.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 4,947 people or 9.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 3,481 people or 6.3% who are over 80.