Noranco

Noranco is a village and former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

The village, formerly a municipality of its own, was merged with neighboring Pambio in 1904 to constitute a new municipality Pambio-Noranco. In 2004, Pambio-Noranco municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring municipality Lugano and now forms a quarter of that city.

Coordinates: 45°59′02″N 8°55′36″E / 45.984°N 8.9267°E / 45.984; 8.9267

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