Locarno
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5113
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Locarno centerPartial parcel data
The parcel data holds only 364 built parcels here, while the building register lists 2’264 residential and mixed-use buildings. The parcel figures below are therefore likely incomplete.
The parcel data lists 4’498 parcels in Locarno, covering 24.5 km². 8.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 778 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’498
- 1.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 24.5 km²
- 1% of the canton
- Median area
- 778 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 8.1%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1958
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Locarno
Locarno is a municipality in the canton of Ticino.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Bosco (38.8%), Zona residenziale - commerciale (22.1%) and Zona artigianale e commerciale AR (15.8%).
According to the building register, Locarno has 3’415 buildings with 12’342 dwellings, 3.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 47.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 33.7% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1946 to 1960 (19%), and on 9.9% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1958.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 364 (8.1%)
Unbuilt: 4’134 (91.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosco | 1’745 | 4.51 km² | 0.1% |
| Zona residenziale - commerciale | 995 | 0.92 km² | 25.6% |
| Zona artigianale e commerciale AR | 712 | 2.71 km² | 0.0% |
| Zona forestale | 265 | 1.36 km² | 0.0% |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 146 | 0.97 km² | 2.7% |
| Zona agricola | 144 | 3.53 km² | 8.3% |
| Fiume / Corso d'acqua | 117 | 0.64 km² | 0.0% |
| Zona per edifici e attrezzature di interesse pubblico di proprietà comunale | 83 | 0.12 km² | 31.3% |
| Strada di servizio in ZE | 71 | 0.44 km² | 7.0% |
| Zona per edifici e attrezzature di interesse pubblico di proprietà di altri enti | 35 | 0.18 km² | 85.7% |
| Zona ferroviaria | 15 | 0.13 km² | 66.7% |
| Autostrada in ZE | 13 | 0.03 km² | 69.2% |
| Other zones (12 labels) | 45 | 6.69 km² | 17.8% |
| No zone | 112 | 2.28 km² | 3.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’415 buildings with 12’342 dwellings here; 1’021 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’415
- Dwellings
- 12’342
- Single-family houses
- 1’021
- Building volume
- 8.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Locarno
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Locarno. 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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