Sonvico
Sign in to saveSonvico (Sonvìch in the Lombard language) is a quarter of the city of Lugano and former municipality of the Lugano district in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013 the municipality of Sonvico merged into the municipality of Lugano becoming a new neighborhood. The medieval part of Sonvico village consists of an old citadel with a compacted structure full of narrow and intricate lanes.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sonvico
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Quarter
- Settlement.image_map
- Karte Quartier Sonvico 2013.png
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sonvico nucleo 2.JPG
- Settlement.image_shield
- Sonvico-coat of arms.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Sonvico.gif
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Switzerland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Switzerland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Canton
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ticino
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lugano
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Lugano
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11.09
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 603
- Settlement.population_total
- 1837
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Sonvico (Sonvìch in the Lombard language) is a quarter of the city of Lugano and former municipality of the Lugano district in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013 the municipality of Sonvico merged into the municipality of Lugano becoming a new neighborhood. The medieval part of Sonvico village consists of an old citadel with a compacted structure full of narrow and intricate lanes.
==History== Sonvico is first mentioned in 1040 as Summo Vico, from the Latin "Summus Vicus", meaning "the higher located village"