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Municipality hub
Lugano
Lugano connects 27 postcode pages in Ticino. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 27
- Population
- 64'114
- Streets
- 874
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Lugano
The municipality includes 6 split-postcode cases and 40 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
6912
Low taxesPazzallo
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6913
Low taxesCarabbia
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6914
Low taxesCarona
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6915
Low taxesPambio-Noranco
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6917
Low taxesBarbengo
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6918
Low taxesFigino
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6932
Low taxesBreganzona
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6951
Low taxesInsone
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6959
Low taxesMaglio di Colla
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6962
Low taxesViganello
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6963
Low taxesPregassona
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6964
Low taxesDavesco-Soragno
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6965
Low taxesCadro
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6966
Low taxesVilla Luganese
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6967
Low taxesDino
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6968
Low taxesSonvico
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6974
Low taxesAldesago
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6976
Low taxesCastagnola
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6977
Low taxesRuvigliana
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6978
Low taxesGandria
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6979
Low taxesBrè sopra Lugano
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 2'961
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6823
Low taxesPugerna
- Address share
- 73.1%
- Population
- 1'729
- Effective tax rate
- 11.37%
6924
Low taxesSorengo
- Address share
- 1.9%
- Population
- 43
- Effective tax rate
- 10.68%
6900
Low taxesParadiso
- Address share
- 1.3%
- Population
- 151
- Effective tax rate
- 10.27%
6958
Corticiasca
- Address share
- 0.4%
- Population
- 3
- Effective tax rate
- 12.35%
6925
Low taxesGentilino
- Address share
- 0.3%
- Population
- 4
- Effective tax rate
- 10.39%
6943
Vezia
- Address share
- 0.2%
- Population
- 3
- Effective tax rate
- 11.83%
How this municipality cluster behaves
Lugano connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 9'094 total tax, or 11.37% effective.
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