Minusio
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5118
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Minusio centerThe parcel data lists 3’005 parcels in Minusio, covering 8.8 km². 65.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 639 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’005
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 8.8 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 639 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 65.8%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Minusio
Minusio is a municipality in the canton of Ticino and holds 1% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.4% of their area. The median parcel in Minusio measures 639 m², about the same as the canton median of 718 m². Minusio is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 65.8% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zona residenziale estensiva (R2) (34.4%), Zona residenziale semi - estensiva (R3) (13.5%) and Zona forestale (10.8%). In total, Minusio uses 28 zone designations.
According to the building register, Minusio has 2’556 buildings with 6’331 dwellings, 2.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 56.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 26.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (22.8% of them), and 14.5% 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: 1’977 (65.8%)
Unbuilt: 1’028 (34.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zona residenziale estensiva (R2) | 1’034 | 0.89 km² | 78.5% |
| Zona residenziale semi - estensiva (R3) | 405 | 0.33 km² | 82.7% |
| Zona forestale | 324 | 3.08 km² | 12.3% |
| Zona residenziale intensiva (R5) | 298 | 0.35 km² | 88.6% |
| Zona agricola | 279 | 0.48 km² | 50.5% |
| Zona del nucleo | 261 | 0.07 km² | 77.4% |
| Zona residenziale semi - intensiva (R4) | 105 | 0.11 km² | 83.8% |
| Strada di servizio | 51 | 0.03 km² | 7.8% |
| Zona per attrezzature ed edifici di interesse pubblico (Comune) | 47 | 0.12 km² | 44.7% |
| Zona residenziale media (R4) (PR89) | 38 | 0.03 km² | 81.6% |
| Strada pedonale | 33 | 0.01 km² | 9.1% |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 27 | 0.07 km² | 40.7% |
| Other zones (16 labels) | 103 | 3.25 km² | 24.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’556 buildings with 6’331 dwellings here; 1’047 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’556
- Dwellings
- 6’331
- Single-family houses
- 1’047
- Building volume
- 3.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Minusio
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Minusio. 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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