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

Sorengo was first mentioned in 1189 as Sourengo when the S. Lorenzo Cathedral in Lugano acquired the right to collect tithes.

[3] In the Late Middle Ages a number of groups owned land or rights in Sorengo including; the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como (from 1265), Como Cathedral (mentioned in 1298), and various important family, including the Torriani and Rusca.

In 1565 some monks from Bigorio founded a Capuchin monastery by the church, which moved in 1653 to Lugano and is now known as SS.

[3] Since the 1950s, Sorengo has transformed from a rural village into a commuter town for the agglomeration of Lugano.

Several organizations have settled in Sorengo including; the children's charity Opera per l'assistenza alla ticinese fanciullezza (since 1920), the S. Anna Hospital (since 1934) and the American private university, Franklin University Switzerland (since 1986).

[3] Sorengo has an area, as of 1997[update], of 0.85 square kilometers (0.33 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert a chestnut tree eradicated or surrounded with four robins proper reguardant towards it.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (83.5%), with German being second most common (7.8%) and French being third (3.1%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Sorengo is; 151 children or 8.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 252 teenagers or 14.4% 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 30.75% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 553 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.6%.

[14] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 964 registered voters in Sorengo, of which 668 or 69.3% voted.

[8] There were 742 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.0% of the workforce.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,184 or 76.0% were Roman Catholic, while 110 or 7.1% 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.

Both stations are served by regular trains, operating every 15 minutes during weekday daytime, and every half hour at other times.