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

[2] Certara was probably originally a simple alpine herding camp for the village of Sonvico.

Although the village remained dependent, until 1899, on the parish of St. Pietro in Colla, it already had its own property in 1591, a cemetery in the 17th century, the Baptistery of S. Rocco in 1670 and also a pastor.

[4] The municipality is located in the Lugano district, on the left side of the Val Colla between two mountains, Denti della Vecchia and the village Gazzirola on il Gazzirola at the Italian border.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a rose gules between two piles issuant from the base reaching the chief.

The rose symbolizes the position of the village between two mountains: i Denti della Vecchia (the teeth of the old woman) and il Gazzirola[5] Certara had a population (as of 2011) of 60.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (81.5%), with German being second most common (12.3%) and French being third (4.6%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Certara is; 3 children or 5.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 5 teenagers or 8.3% are between 10 and 19.

[3] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the Ticino League which received 41.28% of the vote.

[11] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 55 registered voters in Certara, of which 21 or 38.2% voted.

[12] In the 2007[update] Consiglio di Stato election, The most popular party was the LEGA which received 6 or 28.6% of the vote.

[3] There were 23 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.8% of the workforce.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 49 or 75.4% were Roman Catholic, while 3 or 4.6% 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.