Viganello
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Viganello 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 1300 as de Viganello.
The municipality also contained the village Albonago. It had 238 inhabitants in 1783, which increased to 244 in 1808, 319 in 1850, 1477 in 1910, 2163 in 1950 and 5587 in 1990.
In 2004 the municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring municipality Lugano.
[edit] References
- Viganello in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
