Cadenazzo is a municipality in the district of Bellinzona, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

The collegiate church of San Pietro in Bellinzona owned part of the village by 1438.

In 1442, Cadenazzo separated from the mother church of Bellinzona joined the parish of the neighboring village of S. Antonino.

Since 1973, Cadenazzo has been home to a branch of the Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture.

Due to some industrial enterprises, shops and warehouses in the vicinity of the train station, Cadenazzo draw commuters from surrounding communities.

[3] Cadenazzo has an area, as of 1997[update], of 8.37 square kilometers (3.23 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Bellinzona district, along a road along the north foot of the Monte Ceneri.

[5] The two previous coats of arms which this replaced were, for Cadenazzo: Azure a pale argent and overall a castellated gateway between two turrets gules;[6] and for Robasacco: Azure an arm embowed vested gules issuant from the dexter holding a moneybag or.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (81.4%), with German being second most common ( 5.2%) and Albanian being third ( 3.3%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Cadenazzo is; 256 children or 10.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 255 teenagers or 10.9% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 38.74% of the vote.

[15] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,113 registered voters in Cadenazzo, of which 731 or 65.7% voted.

[18] From the 2000 census[update], 1,298 or 74.0% were Roman Catholic, while 95 or 5.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month was May during which time Magadino received an average of 211 mm (8.3 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year was December with an average of 67 mm (2.6 in) of precipitation over 5.5 days.

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.

It is located on the Cadenazzo–Luino and Giubiasco–Locarno lines and has regular service to Locarno, Castione-Arbedo, Biasca, Luino, and Gallarate.