Alto Malcantone
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5237
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Alto Malcantone centerThe parcel data lists 2’739 parcels in Alto Malcantone, covering 22.1 km². 47.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 716 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’739
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 22.1 km²
- 0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 716 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 47.8%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1953
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Alto Malcantone
Alto Malcantone is a municipality in the canton of Ticino and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.9% of their area. The median parcel in Alto Malcantone measures 716 m², about the same as the canton median of 718 m². Alto Malcantone is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 47.8% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zona forestale (49.7%), Bosco (39.5%) and bosco (7.3%). In total, Alto Malcantone uses 10 zone designations.
According to the building register, Alto Malcantone has 1’580 buildings with 1’136 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (83.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 41.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1920 to 1945 (10.4% of them), and 2.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1953, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1958).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’308 (47.8%)
Unbuilt: 1’431 (52.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zona forestale | 1’361 | 2.12 km² | 1.0% |
| Bosco | 1’081 | 3.29 km² | 99.4% |
| bosco | 200 | 0.59 km² | 95.0% |
| Strada pedonale | 37 | 0.25 km² | 0.0% |
| Area forestale | 33 | 4.55 km² | 69.7% |
| zona agricola Ag | 18 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zona agricola pascolo | 5 | 11.24 km² | 80.0% |
| Corso d'acqua | 2 | 0.01 km² | 50.0% |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 1 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zona residenziale estensiva | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’580 buildings with 1’136 dwellings here; 764 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’580
- Dwellings
- 1’136
- Single-family houses
- 764
- Building volume
- 875’632 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Alto Malcantone
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Alto Malcantone. 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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