Torricella-Taverne is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Torricella-Taverne has an area, as of 1997[update], of 5.24 square kilometers (2.02 sq mi).

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent an eagle displayed sable statant on two towers embatteled gules issuant from a base azure and on it a bendlet of the first.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (86.2%), with German being second most common (6.8%) and French being third (1.7%).

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 36 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 16 people.

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Torricella-Taverne is; 311 children or 10.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 328 teenagers or 11.0% are between 10 and 19.

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 25.46% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 822 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.4%.

[13] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 1,651 registered voters in Torricella-Taverne, of which 1,015 or 61.5% voted.

[7] There were 1,291 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.1% of the workforce.

[16] From the 2000 census[update], 2,027 or 75.0% were Roman Catholic, while 231 or 8.5% 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.

[15] Like in many other places in Ticino, there are interesting examples of architectural design, such as: Torricella-Taverne is served by the Taverne-Torricella station, situated on the border with the adjoining municipality of Lamone and Bedano.