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

[3] Graves found in Pazz and Traversagna suggest a nearby Iron Age settlement.

In 1294, the Humiliati monastery of Astano owned a house and property in the village.

At that time Novaggio, Curio, Banco and Bedigliora formed a kastlanei.

There were certainly several fortifications around the village, but the exact location, number and type is unknown.

At the end of the 19th century, a local family founded Evangelical parish.

His partner, Alice Meier, opened a small hospital where the residents of Novaggio were provided free medical care in the park of the villa.

[3] In the 19th century, a vein of silver and gold-bearing galena rock was discovered and mined.

Previously, the population was living from agriculture, and due to limited land, many emigrated.

[3] Novaggio has an area, as of 1997[update], of 4.31 square kilometers (1.66 sq mi).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (80.0%), with German being second most common (14.1%) and French being third (2.5%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Novaggio is; 84 children or 10.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 98 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19.

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 27.76% of the vote.

[13] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 614 registered voters in Novaggio, of which 388 or 63.2% voted.

[7] There were 305 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.7% of the workforce.

[16] From the 2000 census[update], 480 or 67.0% were Roman Catholic, while 116 or 16.2% 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.