6900
LuganoThis postal code extends over 3 municipalities: postal delivery areas do not follow municipal borders.
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Location information
PLZ 6900Geographic coordinates
swisstopo- Latitude
- 46.008500°
- Longitude
- 8.952400°
- Municipality key (BFS)
- 5192
About this postal code
Postal code 6900 serves the area of Lugano in the canton of TI, Switzerland. The municipality is identified by the official key 5192. The primary language in this region is Italian.
City quarters
BFS · 2024Postal code 6900 Lugano covers parts of several statistical city quarters — a postal code is a delivery area, not a single neighbourhood: Molino Nuovo, Centro, Besso, Loreto, Cassarate & Pazzallo.
Share by area of the postal-code perimeter that falls in each BFS statistical quarter (City Statistics cities only). Percentages are of the postal code, not of the quarter.
- residents
- 9'476
- Median age
- 42.2
- Foreign
- 54.3%
- residents
- 4'957
- Median age
- 47.1
- Foreign
- 50.9%
- residents
- 4'905
- Median age
- 45.3
- Foreign
- 50.5%
- residents
- 2'773
- Median age
- 49.8
- Foreign
- 59.9%
- residents
- 3'471
- Median age
- 47.8
- Foreign
- 53.9%
- residents
- 1'525
- Median age
- 43.5
- Foreign
- 43.2%
25.9% of 6900 is lake surface inside the city boundary — the FSO's statistical quarters exclude the lake.
30.8% of 6900 lies outside the city boundary — the postal code reaches beyond the city.
Which locality is in which municipality?
swisstopo · 4Municipalities in this postal code area
swisstopo · 3Localities
swisstopo · 3Taxes in Lugano
ESTV · 2026Tax multipliers apply per municipality — shown for Lugano.
Tax rank 30 of 100 in canton TicinoAccessibility (municipality of Lugano)
ARE · NPVMElectricity (municipality of Lugano)
ElCom · 2027 · BFEHealth-insurance premiums
BAG · 2024Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.
Nearby postal codes
swisstopo- Where is postal code 6900?
- Postal code 6900 lies in 3 municipalities: Lugano, Massagno, Paradiso (canton TI). Postal codes are delivery areas and do not follow municipal borders.
- Which localities and municipalities does postal code 6900 comprise?
- Postal code 6900 covers 3 localities across 3 municipalities. A postal code is a delivery area and does not follow municipal borders — the pairing is spelled out row by row. Lugano, Massagno & Paradiso. Lugano: Lugano; Massagno: Massagno; Paradiso: Lugano, Paradiso.
- Which city quarters does postal code 6900 cover?
- Postal code 6900 covers parts of Molino Nuovo (12.9%), Centro (10.8%), Besso (6.8%), Loreto (5.9%), Cassarate (4.1%), Pazzallo (2.4%). No quarter belongs entirely to a postal code: the percentages are the share of the code's area that falls in each quarter.
- Which district (Bezirk) is postal code 6900 in?
- Every municipality of postal code 6900 lies in Distretto di Lugano (canton TI).