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Municipality · canton of Ticino

Lugano

District of Lugano. Municipality number 5192 in the federal register.

residents, 2025
63’691
km² of land
75.86
residents per km²
840
Canton
Ticino
District
Lugano
Residents 2025
63’691+0.1% on 2024
Foreign residents
40.9%26’040 people
Private households 2025
31’892
Land area
75.86 km²without lakes
Parking
Residents’ parking permit, central districts: CHF 480 a year (CHF 40 a month)Residents’ parking permit, outer districts: CHF 240 a year (CHF 20 a month)First permit of a household; central and outer districts are priced differently. City of Lugano, Ordinanza municipale 2.2.1, Art. 13, read 12.10.2026
Building insurance
Private insurers cover buildings here.The natural-hazard part is the same at every insurer: CHF 0.31 per CHF 1’000 (FINMA, since 2023). The fire part is each insurer’s own price; none is published.FINMA-Verfügung vom 25. Januar 2022, BBl 2022 264, read 12.10.2026
Mortgage lenders
9 of 10lenders on MEconomy with no stated limit that excludes this canton; Glarner Kantonalbank states it does not lend in Ticino
Postcodes
6823, 6900, 6912, 6913, 6914, 6915, 6917, 6918, 6924, 6925, 6932, 6943, 6951, 6958, 6959, 6962, 6963, 6964, 6965, 6966, 6967, 6968, 6974, 6976, 6977, 6978, 6979

What a household pays here

Health insurance and electricity for your household in Lugano, against where you live today.

Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.