Comano, Ticino


Comano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
It is the headquarters and studios of TSI.

History

Comano is first mentioned in 1159 as Cumano.

Geography

Comano has an area,, of. Of this area, or 34.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 54.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 34.0% is settled and 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 arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess gules three fleurs de lis or in fess and also gules three bends or.

Demographics

Comano has a population of. , 11.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has changed at a rate of 11.4%.
Most of the population speaks Italian, with German being second most common and French being third. Of the Swiss national languages, 163 speak German, 34 people speak French, 1,355 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh. The remainder speak another language.
, the gender distribution of the population was 46.5% male and 53.5% female. The population was made up of 772 Swiss men, and 113 non-Swiss men. There were 924 Swiss women, and 96 non-Swiss women.
In there were 10 live births to Swiss citizens and were 12 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population decreased by 2. There were 2 Swiss men and 2 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 11 non-Swiss men and 5 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 was an increase of 30 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 28 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.2%.
The age distribution,, in Comano is; 200 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 178 teenagers or 9.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 206 people or 10.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 255 people or 13.4% are between 30 and 39, 303 people or 15.9% are between 40 and 49, and 269 people or 14.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 246 people or 12.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 142 people or 7.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 106 people or 5.6% who are over 80.
, there were 662 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 308 single family homes out of a total of 489 inhabited buildings. There were 105 two family buildings and 57 multi-family buildings. There were also 19 buildings in the municipality that were multipurpose buildings.
The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 0.58%. there were 780 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 5 room apartment of which there were 313. There were 14 single room apartments and 313 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 659 apartments were permanently occupied, while 108 apartments were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 9 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following chart:

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Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 27.61% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP, the CVP and the Ticino League. In the federal election, a total of 789 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.3%.
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,338 registered voters in Comano, of which 938 or 70.1% voted. 15 blank ballots were cast, leaving 923 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PLRT which received 257 or 27.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PS, the SSI and the PPD+GenGiova.
In the Consiglio di Stato election, 8 blank ballots and 3 null ballots were cast, leaving 927 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PS which received 249 or 26.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT, the LEGA and the SSI.

Economy

, Comano had an unemployment rate of 1.69%. , there were 11 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 46 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 716 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 35 businesses in this sector. There were 718 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.4% of the workforce.
, there were 822 workers who commuted into the municipality and 540 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.5 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 6.0% of the workforce coming into Comano are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 8.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.1% used a private car.
, there were 2 hotels in Comano.
The offices and studios of the Italian language television station TSI 1/La 1, which is part of the Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana group, is in Comano.

Religion

From the, 1,191 or 74.7% were Roman Catholic, while 146 or 9.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There are 222 individuals who belong to another church, and 35 individuals did not answer the question.

Education

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Comano about 84.6% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
In Comano there were a total of 305 students. The Ticino education system provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten and in Comano there were 63 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the municipality, 95 students attended the standard primary schools and 1 student attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education. There were 61 students in the two-year middle school and 1 in their pre-apprenticeship, while 53 students were in the four-year advanced program.
The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship. There were 14 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 16 who attend part-time.
The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There was 1 student in the professional program.
, there were 31 students in Comano who came from another municipality, while 162 residents attended schools outside the municipality.