Balerna
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5242
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Balerna centerPartial parcel data
The parcel data holds only 79 built parcels here, while the building register lists 669 residential and mixed-use buildings. The parcel figures below are therefore likely incomplete.
The parcel data lists 1’133 parcels in Balerna, covering 2.5 km². 7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 717 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’133
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 2.5 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 717 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 7%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1973
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Balerna
Balerna is a municipality in the canton of Ticino.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zona agricola estensiva (27.1%), Sedimi ferroviari (20.2%) and Territorio disciplinato dal PR di Morbio in senso LALPT (15.4%).
According to the building register, Balerna has 1’224 buildings with 2’170 dwellings, 1.8 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 45.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 45.3% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1946 to 1960 (19%), and on 11.4% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1973.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 79 (7%)
Unbuilt: 1’054 (93%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zona agricola estensiva | 307 | 0.26 km² | 1.0% |
| Sedimi ferroviari | 229 | 0.38 km² | 0.4% |
| Territorio disciplinato dal PR di Morbio in senso LALPT | 175 | 0.33 km² | 0.0% |
| CA - Corsi d'acqua | 107 | 0.34 km² | 0.9% |
| RI6 - Zona residenziale intensiva a 6 piani (GdS II) | 55 | 0.12 km² | 67.3% |
| Zona per la produzione di beni Ar | 51 | 0.04 km² | 3.9% |
| Zona agricola | 25 | 0.13 km² | 88.0% |
| Strada di servizio | 13 | 0.37 km² | 23.1% |
| Territorio senza destinazione specifica | 13 | 0.03 km² | 7.7% |
| Zona degli impianti ferroviari (GdS non definito) | 5 | 0.15 km² | 40.0% |
| Edifici e attrezzature d'interesse pubblico: zona mista | 4 | 0.09 km² | 0.0% |
| Attrezzature d'interesse pubblico di proprietà comunale e/o privati d'interesse pubblico | 2 | 0.03 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (3 labels) | 4 | 0.03 km² | 50.0% |
| No zone | 143 | 0.24 km² | 2.1% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’224 buildings with 2’170 dwellings here; 295 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’224
- Dwellings
- 2’170
- Single-family houses
- 295
- Building volume
- 3.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Balerna
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Balerna. 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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