who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and 30 individuals (or about 4.22% of the population) did not answer the question. Education The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bissone about 76.3% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). In Bissone there were a total of 79 students (). The Ticino education system provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten and in Bissone there were 14 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the municipality, 25 students attended the standard primary schools and 1 student attended the special school. 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. There were 16 students in the two-year middle school, while 13 students were in the four-year advanced program. 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. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 4 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 6 who attend part-time. , there were 1 students in Bissone who came from another municipality, while 65 residents attended schools outside the municipality. People Costante Tencalla (1593 in Bissone – 1646 in Warsaw) a Swiss-Italian architect and sculptor Francesco Borromini (1599–1667) a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture Carpoforo Tencalla (1623–1685) a Swiss-Italian Baroque painter of canvases and frescoes. Caterina Valente (born 1931 in Paris) a French-born Italian multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress References Cultural property of national significance in Ticino Populated places on Lake Lugano