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

[3] A prehistoric stone bowl was discovered on San Zeno hill.

These rights were probably held by the Benedictine Abbey of St. Ambrose in Milan and Como Cathedral.

In 1529, the rights of San Giuseppe and the Monastery of Santa Maria del Carmelo transferred to the Laghi family of Lugano.

[3] The grazing rights that Lamone and Cadempino shared in the alpine meadows of Traverno and Guzzala, were granted to Isone in 1507. centuries of border disputes with Cadempino were finally resolved in 1887.

Formerly the inhabitants of the village lived on agriculture and from money sent back by emigrants.

The bridge connects Lamone with the major roads and residential area on the right bank of the river.

Most of the industrial and commercial enterprises are concentrated in this flat area, along the river and the highway.

[3] Lamone has an area, as of 1997[update], of 1.86 square kilometers (0.72 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Lugano district, between San Zeno hill and the left bank of the Vedeggio river.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (86.4%), with German being second most common (4.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (2.7%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Lamone is; 152 children or 9.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 184 teenagers or 11.5% 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 29.06% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 358 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.8%.

[14] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 776 registered voters in Lamone, of which 486 or 62.6% voted.

[8] There were 766 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.3% of the workforce.

[17] From the 2000 census[update], 1,213 or 77.6% were Roman Catholic, while 76 or 4.9% 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.

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