Gorduno is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

[2] It was first mentioned in the dispute between the churches of Como and Milan, which was settled by the verdict of 1202.

In the verdict Como received the little church of SS Maurizio e Carpoforo in the so-called Castle of Gnosca, which, contrary to the name, was in the territory of Gorduno.

In the Late Middle Ages, Gorduno was a municipality in the County of Bellinzona.

In 1374, the municipality was combined with Gnosca and placed under the control of Podestà, a canon of Milan.

The village had completely split from the community celebrating according to the Roman Rite in Bellinzona by 1538-83.

[2] Gorduno has an area, as of 1997[update], of 9.22 square kilometers (3.56 sq mi).

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Cross Argent overall a Castle embatteled Sable with one tower on sinister and in chief sinister a Bunch of Grapes slipped Or.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian(93.9%), with German being second most common ( 2.7%) and French being third ( 1.4%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Gorduno is; 76 children or 10.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 74 teenagers or 10.1% are between 10 and 19.

[7] The historical population is given in the following table:[2] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 35.96% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 269 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.3%.

[12] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 490 registered voters in Gorduno, of which 388 or 79.2% voted.

[7] There were 284 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.3% of the workforce.

[15] From the 2000 census[update], 563 or 90.7% were Roman Catholic, while 13 or 2.1% 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.