What is Mendrisio?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Mendrisio | municipality_name = Mendrisio | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Mendrisio logo COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Mendrisio 2013.png | languages = Italian | canton = Ticino | iso-code-region = CH-TI | district = [[Mendrisio (district)|Mendrisio]] |coordinates={{coord|45|52|N|8|59|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6850 | municipality_code = 5254 | area = 11.7 | elevation = 354|elevation_description= | population = 6,638|populationof = December 2002 | popofyear = 2002 | website = www.mendrisio.ch | mayor = Carlo Croci |mayor_asof=February 2014 |mayor_party= | executive_name = Municipio | executive_number_of_members = 7 | mayor_title = Sindaco | list_of_mayors = List of mayors of Mendrisio | parliament_name = Consiglio comunale | parliament_number_of_members = 60 | places = Salorino | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Capolago]], [[Castel San Pietro]], [[Coldrerio]], [[Genestrerio]], [[Novazzano]], [[Melano]], [[Rancate]], [[Riva San Vitale]] | twintowns = }} '''Mendrisio''' is a [[municipality]] of the district of [[Mendrisio (district)|Mendrisio]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Ticino]] in [[Switzerland]]. Mendrisio is the seat of the [[Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio|Accademia di Architettura]] of the [[Università della Svizzera Italiana|university of Italian-speaking Switzerland]] (USI). The municipality was created on 4 April 2004, when it incorporated the former municipality of Salorino. On 5 April 2009, it incorporated the former municipalities of [[Arzo]], [[Capolago]], [[Genestrerio]], [[Rancate]] and [[Tremona]].<ref name=fusion>{{Cite report|title=Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem