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

By 1004, Como Cathedral and the Abbey of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, also owned property in the village.

In the 14th century the Church of SS Gervasio e Protasio was mentioned for the first time.

Historically Cadempino was a farming community, with a little income from seasonal migrations and exploitation of sand pits.

However, in the 20th century it changed as many industrial and commercial enterprises have settled in the municipality along the highway.

The population has tripled since World War II, and is nearly one-third non-Swiss citizens.

[3] Cadempino has an area, as of 1997[update], of 0.76 square kilometers (0.29 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 57.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a sword downpointing and a palm in saltire argent and in base a church of the same roofed gules and a fir tree vert.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (87.3%), with German being second most common (6.3%) and French being third (1.9%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Cadempino is; 147 children or 9.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 167 teenagers or 11.1% 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 CVP which received 25.63% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 395 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.8%.

[14] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 839 registered voters in Cadempino, of which 509 or 60.7% voted.

[17] From the 2000 census[update], 1,067 or 81.0% were Roman Catholic, while 77 or 5.8% 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.

[16] Cadempino is served by the Lamone-Cadempino station, situated on the border with the adjoining municipality of Lamone, which is on the Gotthard railway.