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Lugano

Swiss town
CountrySwitzerland
SFOS number5192
Surrounded byArogno, Bioggio, Cadro, Campione d'Italia (Italy), Canobbio, Carona, Collina d'Oro, Grancia, Lanzo d'Intelvi (Italy), Massagno, Melide, Muzzano, Paradiso, Porza, Savosa, Sorengo, Valsolda (Italy), Vezia

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Lugano ( ) is a city of inhabitants ( ) in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. The city lies on Lake Lugano, and its warm summers and the fact that in recent years it has attracted an ever growing number of celebrities, entertainers and successful athletes have given it the nickname of the "Monte Carlo of Switzerland". It is the 9th largest city of Switzerland by population.

The origin of the name is possibly the Latin word Lucus, meaning wood or sacred wood, or Gaulish locovanno "lake dweller".

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35th ESMO Congress: Milan, Italy (FieraMilanoCity), 8-12 October 2010 - Press ... - SYS-CON Media (press release) Tweet this news
SYS-CON Media (press release)---LUGANO-, Switzerland , October 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Press releases will be issued during the Congress, on a daily basis. Many patients with multiple ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:09:56 GMT+00:00

Districts of Lugano

Barbengo * Besso * Brè-Aldesago * Breganzona * Carabbia * Castagnola-Cassarate * Cureggia * Davesco-Soragno * Gandria * Loreto * Lugano Centro * Molino Nuovo * Pambio Noranco * Pazzallo * Pregassona * Viganello * Villa Luganese

Municipalities in the district of Lugano, Switzerland

Agno * Alto Malcantone * Aranno * Arogno * Astano * Bedano * Bedigliora * Bioggio * Bironico * Bissone * Bogno * Brusino Arsizio * Cademario * Cadempino * Cadro * Camignolo * Canobbio * Capriasca * Carabietta * Carona * Caslano * Certara * Cimadera * Collina d'Oro * Comano * Croglio * Cureglia * Curio * Grancia * Gravesano * Lamone * Lugano * Magliaso * Manno * Maroggia * Massagno * Melano * Melide * Mezzovico-Vira * Miglieglia * Monteggio * Morcote * Muzzano * Neggio * Novaggio * Origlio * Paradiso * Ponte Capriasca * Ponte Tresa * Porza * Pura * Rivera * Rovio * Savosa * Sessa * Sigirino * Sonvico * Sorengo * Torricella-Taverne * Valcolla * Vernate * Vezia * Vico Morcote * Ticino * Districts of Canton Ticino * Municipalities of the canton of Ticino

Cities in Switzerland by population

300,000+Zürich
100,000+Basel * Bern * Geneva * Lausanne * Winterthur
30,000+Bienne * Chur * Fribourg * Köniz * La Chaux-de-Fonds * Lucerne * Lugano * Neuchâtel * St. Gallen * Schaffhausen * Thun * Vernier
15,000+



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