Melide
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5198
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Melide centerThe parcel data lists 653 parcels in Melide, covering 5.2 km². 58.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 490 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 653
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.2 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 490 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 58.7%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1953
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Melide
Melide is a municipality in the canton of Ticino and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.2% of their area. The median parcel in Melide measures 490 m², smaller than the canton median of 718 m². Melide is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 58.7% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Area forestale (19.8%), Zona del nucleo delle cantine di Cima (NC1) (9.8%) and Zona intensiva per l'abitazione A5 (9.3%). In total, Melide uses 28 zone designations. In the data, 17.5% of the parcels have no zone designation.
According to the building register, Melide has 497 buildings with 1’321 dwellings, 2.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 46.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 26.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1946 to 1960 (36.3% of them), and 8.1% 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: 383 (58.7%)
Unbuilt: 270 (41.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area forestale | 129 | 1.09 km² | 15.5% |
| Zona del nucleo delle cantine di Cima (NC1) | 64 | 0.01 km² | 68.8% |
| Zona intensiva per l'abitazione A5 | 61 | 0.05 km² | 95.1% |
| Zona estensiva per l'abitazione A2 | 52 | 0.05 km² | 90.4% |
| Zona estensiva per l'abitazione speciale rive-lago A2S | 41 | 0.02 km² | 73.2% |
| Zona del nucleo delle Cantine di fondo (NC2) | 37 | 0.01 km² | 70.3% |
| Zona semi-intensiva per l'abitazione A3 | 28 | 0.02 km² | 78.6% |
| Zona mista | 20 | 0.02 km² | 85.0% |
| Zona per scopi pubblici | 19 | 0.06 km² | 63.2% |
| Strada pedonale | 16 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zona senza destinazione specifica | 15 | 0.02 km² | 26.7% |
| Zona turistica-alberghiera ZTa | 13 | 0.01 km² | 84.6% |
| Other zones (16 labels) | 44 | 3.78 km² | 22.7% |
| No zone | 114 | 0.03 km² | 71.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 497 buildings with 1’321 dwellings here; 165 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 497
- Dwellings
- 1’321
- Single-family houses
- 165
- Building volume
- 806’264 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Melide
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Melide. 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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