Acquarossa
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5048
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Acquarossa centerThe parcel data lists 6’154 parcels in Acquarossa, covering 61.8 km². 78% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 813 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 6’154
- 2.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 61.8 km²
- 2.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 813 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 78%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1950
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Acquarossa
Acquarossa is a municipality in the canton of Ticino and holds 2.1% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 2.5% of their area. The median parcel in Acquarossa measures 813 m², about the same as the canton median of 718 m². Acquarossa is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 78% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Bosco (65%) and Zona senza destinazione specifica (11.6%). In total, Acquarossa uses 6 zone designations. In the data, 19.1% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Acquarossa has 3’455 buildings with 2’316 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (87%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1920 to 1945 (14.7% of them), and 2.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1950, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1958).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 4’801 (78%)
Unbuilt: 1’353 (22%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosco | 4’000 | 26.51 km² | 88.3% |
| Zona senza destinazione specifica | 713 | 3.62 km² | 1.7% |
| Zona forestale | 152 | 11.60 km² | 2.0% |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 103 | 1.06 km² | 73.8% |
| Area forestale indicativa | 7 | 1.90 km² | 0.0% |
| Zona agricola | 2 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| No zone | 1’177 | 17.08 km² | 99.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’455 buildings with 2’316 dwellings here; 1’646 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’455
- Dwellings
- 2’316
- Single-family houses
- 1’646
- Building volume
- 2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Acquarossa
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Acquarossa. 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.
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