Bedano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

During the Middle Ages it was under the jurisdiction of the monastery of S. Ambrogio in Milan, while the Bishop of Como possessed the right to tithe in Bedano.

North of Bedano are ruins of a small castle, which may have belonged to the Rusca family.

At times, a large percentage of the population emigrated, due to poor conditions in the village.

Like the rest of Vedeggio valley, in recent decades it has experienced, industrial growth, aided by a freight rail station at Bioggio.

[3] Bedano has an area, as of 1997[update], of 1.87 square kilometers (0.72 sq mi).

The old village center lies on the old Ponte Tresa to Monte Ceneri Pass road.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a fir tree vert trunked and fructed proper issuant from a base of the second.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (88.1%), with German being second most common (7.4%) and French being third (1.3%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bedano is; 167 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 170 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following table:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 29.69% of the vote.

[14] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 849 registered voters in Bedano, of which 561 or 66.1% voted.

[8] There were 583 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.0% of the workforce.

[17] From the 2000 census[update], 968 or 80.9% were Roman Catholic, while 94 or 7.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education.

The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields.

[16] Bedano is served by the Taverne-Torricella station, situated on the border with the adjoining municipality of Lamone and Torricella-Taverne.