Lugano Municipality | third-level administrative division

Switzerland / Tessin / Viganello /
 municipality, invisible, draw only border, third-level administrative division
Lugano (Lombard: Lügàn) is a city in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. The population of the city proper was 54,667 as of December 2010, and the population of the urban agglomeration was over 145,000. It is the 9th largest city of Switzerland by population and the largest Italian-speaking city outside of 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".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugano
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Coordinates:   46°1'45"N   8°59'40"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago