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Canton of Ticino

Canton · 95 municipalities with parcel data

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

Gaps in the parcel data

5 municipalities are missing from the current parcel data: Brissago, Novazzano, Mergoscia, Aranno and Linescio. Their pages show no parcel figures. 19 municipalities have partial parcel data and are marked in the table.

The parcel data lists 290’089 parcels in the canton of Ticino, covering 2’436 km². 42.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 718 m².

Key figures

Parcels
290’089
7.4% of Switzerland
Total area
2’436 km²
6.5% of Switzerland
Median area
718 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
42.8%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1958
Switzerland: 1975

About the canton of Ticino

Of its 95 municipalities with parcel data, Bellinzona (26’018), Lugano (22’955) and Faido (10’705) have the most parcels, which together hold 20.6% of the canton's parcels in the data. In the data, 10.9% of the parcels have no zone designation.

The median parcel in the canton measures 718 m², smaller than the Swiss median of 881 m². The canton is less built-up than Switzerland as a whole: 42.8% of its parcels have a building, against 51% nationwide. Among its municipalities with at least 500 parcels, Campo (Vallemaggia) has the highest share of built parcels (100%) and Lema the lowest (14.8%). Onsernone has the largest median parcel (1’436 m²) and Morcote the smallest (332 m²).

According to the building register, a building in the canton's municipalities with parcel data holds 1.4 dwellings on average, against 1.5 across Switzerland. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (69.2%, against 63.6% across Switzerland). Non-residential buildings account for 39.7% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1946 to 1960 (20.9% of them), and 10.2% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1958, is earlier than in Switzerland as a whole (1975).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 124’291 (42.8%)

Unbuilt: 165’798 (57.2%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
Zona forestale29’264345.98 km²10.0%
Zona agricola28’307348.66 km²43.8%
Bosco20’512184.17 km²33.6%
Area forestale12’369146.78 km²11.8%
Vuoto pianificatorio11’666114.20 km²23.8%
Area forestale indicativa7’07765.55 km²14.9%
Zona residenziale estensiva6’0744.70 km²78.8%
bosco4’25778.72 km²35.5%
Zona residenziale3’1932.90 km²78.3%
Vuoto Pianificatorio3’1538.72 km²48.5%
Altri terreni idonei all'utilizzazione agricola2’7338.20 km²71.2%
Zona artigianale e commerciale AR2’6024.60 km²1.5%
Other zones (1’438 labels)127’194640.83 km²49.2%
No zone31’688481.62 km²69.3%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 190’358 buildings with 259’729 dwellings here; 77’724 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
190’358
Dwellings
259’729
Single-family houses
77’724
Building volume
225.9 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential112’266
  • Mixed use2’537
  • Non-residential75’545
  • Other10

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 19207’001
  • 1920-194516’757
  • 1946-196025’986
  • 1961-198017’430
  • 1981-200016’124
  • 2001-20106’804
  • 2011-20204’700
  • 2021 and later1’171
  • Unknown year28’318

Maps and geodata for the canton of Ticino

geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for the canton of Ticino. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.

Municipalities in the canton of Ticino

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