Grancia

Grancia
Coat of arms
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Location of Grancia
Coordinates: 45°58′N 8°56′E / 45.967°N 8.933°E / 45.967; 8.933Coordinates: 45°58′N 8°56′E / 45.967°N 8.933°E / 45.967; 8.933
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Lugano
Government
• Mayor	Sindaco
Area
• Total	0.63 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	519
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Postal code	6921
SFOS number	5186
Surrounded by	Collina d'Oro, Lugano
Website	website missing SFSO statistics

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

Grancia is first mentioned in 1309 as in loco Grancie. Until 1825 it was part of the municipality of Carabbia.

At the end of the 13th Century there was a religious institution in Grancia that was under the authority of the monastery of S. Maria in Torello (now part of Carona). According to tradition, in the Middle Ages, Grancia had the largest granary in the region. Most of the grain came from Brusimpiano and was ground in the mills along the Pian Scairolo river.

The church of S. Carpoforo was probably built on the foundations of an older church in the 16th Century. This church, along with S. Siro in Carabbia, belonged to the parish of S. Pietro in Pambio. In 1608, the two parishes broke away from Pambio, and in 1670 Grancia split from S. Siro.

The village economy relied mostly on farming. In the 19th Century, a brick factory opened. In the last decades of the 20th Century, industrial areas grew around Grancia. The industrial area and resulting development led to the construction of large shopping malls. New housing developments, access to the A2 motorway and huge storage tanks affect the environment and landscape of the village.

Grancia has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 0.63 square kilometers (0.24 sq mi). Of this area, 0.15 km² (0.058 sq mi) or 23.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.24 km² (0.093 sq mi) or 38.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.31 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 49.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 17.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 9.5% of the area Out of the forested land, 33.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 4.8% is used for growing crops, while 3.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 15.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.