Mendrisio
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5254
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Mendrisio centerThe parcel data lists 10’033 parcels in Mendrisio, covering 30.1 km². 36.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 824 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 10’033
- 3.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 30.1 km²
- 1.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 824 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 36.2%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Mendrisio
Mendrisio is a municipality in the canton of Ticino and holds 3.5% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 1.2% of their area. The median parcel in Mendrisio measures 824 m², about the same as the canton median of 718 m². Mendrisio is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 36.2% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zona Forestale (14.8%), Zona agricola (10%) and Area forestale (8.5%). In total, Mendrisio uses 116 zone designations.
According to the building register, Mendrisio has 6’508 buildings with 9’473 dwellings, 1.5 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (61.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 38.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1946 to 1960 (17.6% of them), and 14.2% 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: 3’627 (36.2%)
Unbuilt: 6’406 (63.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zona Forestale | 1’485 | 7.08 km² | 15.4% |
| Zona agricola | 999 | 2.30 km² | 33.8% |
| Area forestale | 857 | 6.83 km² | 8.3% |
| Residenziale estensiva | 647 | 0.59 km² | 85.8% |
| Zona residenziale estensiva | 597 | 0.48 km² | 77.6% |
| Area forestale indicativa | 466 | 1.86 km² | 2.6% |
| Area forestale (indicativa) | 430 | 0.79 km² | 2.8% |
| Zona agricola estensiva | 396 | 1.20 km² | 24.0% |
| SAC Superfici per l'avvicendamento colturale | 259 | 0.84 km² | 12.4% |
| Zona nucleo di villaggio | 247 | 0.05 km² | 55.9% |
| Zona del nucleo | 228 | 0.05 km² | 60.5% |
| Zona edificabile semi-intensiva | 198 | 0.16 km² | 81.3% |
| Other zones (104 labels) | 3’223 | 7.84 km² | 42.9% |
| No zone | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 6’508 buildings with 9’473 dwellings here; 2’417 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 6’508
- Dwellings
- 9’473
- Single-family houses
- 2’417
- Building volume
- 10.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Mendrisio
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Mendrisio. 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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