Breganzona

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Breganzona is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Today it is a quarter of the city of Lugano.

It was first recorded in 984 as Brianzona.

The municipality was created in 1925 when Biogno municipality was split into two parts; Breganzona and Bioggio. The municipality contained the village Biogno (without Mulini which was moved to Bioggio). It had 232 inhabitants in 1850, which increased to 369 in 1900, 883 in 1950, 4,654 in 1990 and 4,782 in 2000.

In 2004 the municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring municipality Lugano.

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