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

[3] Agnuzzo was the center of a large manor farm, which was given in 819 by Emperor Louis the Pious to the clergy of Como.

[3] The village was home to many construction workers, especially plasterers, who emigrated to other countries for work.

The local economy was based on silk farming, viticulture and agriculture.

In the flat land on the left bank of the Vedeggio river, the Mulini Tues Biogno industrial zone developed in the last decades of the 20th century.

The small lake of Muzzano is a protected habitat, and has, since 1945, been part of Pro Natura.

The first was the school of Alberto Lamoni in 1827 and the Scuola Serena of Maria Boschetti-Alberti in 1917–24.

[3] Muzzano has an area, as of 1997[update], of 1.57 square kilometers (0.61 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Lugano district, above Lago di Muzzano.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (83.0%), with German being second most common (10.3%) and French being third (2.3%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Muzzano is; 73 children or 8.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 87 teenagers or 10.1% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire villaggio of Muzzano is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 30.23% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 275 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.2%.

[15] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 540 registered voters in Muzzano, of which 344 or 63.7% voted.

[18] From the 2000 census[update], 584 or 79.3% were Roman Catholic, while 68 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 professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields.