Melano

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Melano

Total population

1,359

Coordinates45.92°, 8.99°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Melano is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2022, the former municipalities of Maroggia, Melano and Rovio merged to form the new municipality of Val Mara.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

G

Giovanni Catenazzi

architect (1660-1724)

R

Remigio Ratti

Swiss economist

G

Gian Battista Mantegazzi

composer (1889-1958)

Bigna Windmüller

Swiss ski jumper

F

Francesco Antonio Giorgioli

Swiss artist (1655-1725)

D

Domenicus Morelli

Swiss sculptor (1627-1662)

N

Nadir Vassena

Swiss composer

A

Auguste Cavadini

sport shooter (1865–1922)

P

Pietro Tarchini

road bicycle racer (1921-1999)

Agostino Silva

Swiss sculptor (1628-1706)

B

Bernardino Quadri

Swiss architect and sculptor

B

Bernardino della Croce

Swiss bishop (1502-1565)

G

Giovan Maria Borsotto

Swiss architect

G

Giovanni Battista Monti

Swiss politician (1781-1859)

Nicola Della Casa

Swiss entrepreneur and politician (1843-1894)

P

Pio Fontana

Swiss writer (1927–2001)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ticino

• Rovio
  0.8 mi away · pop. 798
• Capolago
  1.1 mi away · pop. 824
• Maroggia
  1.1 mi away · pop. 601
• Riva San Vitale
  1.3 mi away · pop. 2,539
• Bissone
  2.2 mi away · pop. 879
• Brusino Arsizio
  2.4 mi away · pop. 469
• Arogno
  2.6 mi away · pop. 948
• Meride
  2.7 mi away · pop. 341
• Melide
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,739
• Vico Morcote
  3 mi away · pop. 377
• Tremona
  3.2 mi away · pop. 523
• Salorino
  3.4 mi away · pop. 489

Browse all places in Ticino →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

black-punctured leaf beetle

Galeruca tanaceti

Seen 2026-09-25

Spilostethus saxatilis

Spilostethus saxatilis

Seen 2026-09-25

Wild Boar

Sus scrofa

Seen 2026-09-25

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-25

Mediterranean Katydid

Phaneroptera nana

Seen 2026-09-25

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-24

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-23

Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Seen 2026-09-23

Hart's-tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers