Castagnola-Cassarate

Castagnola-Cassarate
Quarter
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Lugano
City	Lugano
Area[1]
• Total	2.97 km^2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2011-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,223
• Density	2,100/km^2 (5,400/sq mi)

Castagnola-Cassarate is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Until 1972, it was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola.^[1][3]

Castagnola-Cassarate includes the waterfront on the north side of Lake Lugano from the outfall of the Cassarate River in the west, continuing under Monte Brè to a border with Gandria in the east. It also includes waterfront areas on the opposite, southern, side of Lake Lugano, reaching up to the border with Italy at the summit of Sighignola. The villages and settlements of Caprino, Cassarate, Castagnola, Cavallino, Ruvigliana and Suvigliana are all included. It has an area of 297 hectares (730 acres) and, in 2011, it had a population of 6,167.^[1][4][3]

The municipality of Castagnola had 157 inhabitants in 1591, which increased to 214 in 1801, 419 in 1850, 1,060 in 1900, 2,926 in 1950, 4,430 in 1970, and 5,509 in 1991.^[5]

References

1. "Castagnola-Cassarate" (in Italian). City of Lugano. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
2. "Il quartiere in numeri". Lugano.ch. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
3. "Storia del quartiere di castagnola-cassarate" [History of castagnola-cassarate] (in Italian). City of Lugano. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
4. "I numeri del quartiere di Castagnola-Cassarate" [Numbers in Castagnola-Cassarate] (in Italian). City of Lugano. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
5. "Castagnola". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in Italian). Retrieved 2012-07-30.

External links

• Media related to Castagnola-Cassarate at Wikimedia Commons
• Castagnola-Cassarate pages on City of Lugano web site (in Italian)
• Lugano Monte Brè

Coordinates: 46°00′12″N 8°58′39″E / 46.003446°N 8.977568°E