Bellinzona
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5002
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Bellinzona centerThe parcel data lists 26’018 parcels in Bellinzona, covering 164 km². 55.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 761 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 26’018
- 9% of the canton
- Total area
- 164 km²
- 6.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 761 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 55.7%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Bellinzona
Bellinzona has the most parcels of the 100 municipalities in the canton of Ticino and holds 9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 6.7% of their area. The median parcel in Bellinzona measures 761 m², about the same as the canton median of 718 m². Bellinzona is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 55.7% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zona agricola (6.6%) and Zona forestale (6.3%). In total, Bellinzona uses 211 zone designations.
According to the building register, Bellinzona has 19’113 buildings with 27’459 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 38.8% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1946 to 1960 (26.6% of them), and 16.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1965, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1958).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 14’491 (55.7%)
Unbuilt: 11’527 (44.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zona agricola | 1’712 | 5.22 km² | 45.0% |
| Zona forestale | 1’647 | 54.07 km² | 16.3% |
| Zona residenziale estensiva | 1’055 | 0.75 km² | 83.1% |
| Altri terreni idonei all'agricoltura | 1’004 | 2.28 km² | 46.8% |
| Zona Forestale | 994 | 11.20 km² | 17.9% |
| Zona Residenziale Semi-Estensiva D | 974 | 0.71 km² | 80.6% |
| Bosco misto | 969 | 7.26 km² | 5.6% |
| Zona residenziale semi intensiva | 841 | 0.67 km² | 84.4% |
| Zona forestale indicativa | 735 | 10.66 km² | 17.0% |
| Zona Residenziale Estensiva E | 625 | 0.49 km² | 79.5% |
| Zona Agricola | 617 | 1.57 km² | 60.9% |
| Zona Residenziale Semi-Intensiva C | 576 | 0.59 km² | 87.2% |
| Other zones (199 labels) | 13’995 | 65.98 km² | 62.6% |
| No zone | 274 | 2.58 km² | 43.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 19’113 buildings with 27’459 dwellings here; 7’816 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 19’113
- Dwellings
- 27’459
- Single-family houses
- 7’816
- Building volume
- 23 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Bellinzona
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Bellinzona. 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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