Comano

Geschichte

Comano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.It is the headquarters and studios of TSI (Televisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana).HistoryComano is first mentioned in 1159 as Cumano.GeographyComano has an area, of 2.06km2. Of this area, 0.71km2 or 34.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.12km2 or 54.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7km2 or 34.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01km2 or 0.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 24.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 50.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.8% is used for growing crops, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops and 24.8% is used for alpine pastures.The municipality is located in the Lugano district, on a hilly terrace north-west of Lugano.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess gules three felurs de lis or in fess and also gules three bands or.DemographicsComano has a population of., 11.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 11.4%.Most of the population speaks Italian (85.0%), with German being second most common (10.2%) and French being third (2.1%). Of the Swiss national languages, 163 speak German, 34 people speak French, 1,355 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh. The remainder (41 people) speak another language.