Ligornetto is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

[2] Roman era remains show that Ligornetto has been inhabited since ancient times.

The latter documents are in connection with farms and land that various institutions in Como owned in Ligornetto.

[2] Originally belonging to the Pieve of Balerna, in 1557 Ligornetto became an independent parish.

The Swiss sculptor was originally from Ligornetto, and after his death, he left a bequest to his home town.

[2] Traditionally, it was a small agricultural village that produced mainly grain and wine as well as silkworms and stone from a quarry.

In recent decades, the village's character has been changing with the industrial expansion and an increasing number of cross-border workers.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (90.1%), with German being second most common (5.0%) and French being third (2.3%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Ligornetto is; 175 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 192 teenagers or 11.3% are between 10 and 19.

[3] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] The Museo Vincenzo Vela is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Ligornetto is listed in the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 31.07% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 605 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.2%.

[12] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,232 registered voters in Ligornetto, of which 803 or 65.2% voted.

[3] There were 663 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 29 or 17.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 32 or 19.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 32 or 19.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 9 or 5.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 5 or 3.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 4.9% were in education and 14 or 8.5% were in health care.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 1,168 or 83.0% were Roman Catholic, while 65 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.

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.