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

It is the headquarters and studios of TSI (Televisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana).

[3] Comano has an area, as of 1997[update], of 2.06 square kilometers (0.80 sq mi).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (85.0%), with German being second most common (10.2%) and French being third (2.1%).

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 30 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 28 people.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Comano is; 200 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 178 teenagers or 9.3% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 27.61% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 789 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.3%.

[14] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,338 registered voters in Comano, of which 938 or 70.1% voted.

[8] There were 718 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.4% of the workforce.

[17] The offices and studios of the Italian language television station TSI 1/La 1, which is part of the Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana group, is in Comano.

From the 2000 census[update], 1,191 or 74.7% were Roman Catholic, while 146 or 9.2% 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 upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college.

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