Pambio-Noranco Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Pambio-Noranco Parish, Ticino, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Pambio-Noranco is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located near the motorway of Lugano. Pambio-Noranco forms a quarter of Lugano city.

History
In 1241, Pambio was first mentioned with the name of Pamio. In 1335, Noranco was first mentioned with the name of Naurancho. In 1904, the municipality of Pambio-Noranco was created with the merger of Pambio and Noranco hamlets. Pambio-Noranco is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. Pambio-Noranco merged into the Lugano municipality in 2004. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Breganzona
 * Cureggia
 * Davesco-Soragno
 * Gandria
 * Pazzallo
 * Pregassona
 * Viganello

The population history of Pambio-Noranco is: 1850 - 170 inhabitants 1900 - 298 inhabitants 1950 - 438 inhabitants 1990 - 610 inhabitants 2000 - 570 inhabitants

In 1468, the church of Saint-Pierre de Pambio (first mentioned in the 14th century) became a parish. It was rebuilt in 1752 and restored from 1972 to 1983.

Census
(See here for information regarding Ticino census records.)

The 1808 Ticino census for Pambio-Noranco can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Pambio-Noranco prior to 1875, along with any known soprannomi. For more information about soprannomi, click here.

Related sources
The town's website (in Italian) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Ticino

Societies
Società Genealogica della Svizzera Italiana (SGSI)