Morcote
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5203
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Morcote centerThe parcel data lists 877 parcels in Morcote, covering 5.3 km². 57.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 332 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 877
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.3 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 332 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 57.9%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1953
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Morcote
Morcote is a municipality in the canton of Ticino and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.2% of their area. The median parcel in Morcote measures 332 m², smaller than the canton median of 718 m². Morcote is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 57.9% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are RESIDENZIALE ESTENSIVA (28.2%), NUCLEO TRADIZIONALE (20.5%) and AREA FORESTALE (12.5%). In total, Morcote uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Morcote has 705 buildings with 949 dwellings, 1.3 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (67.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 31.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1946 to 1960 (28.3% of them), and 9.3% 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: 508 (57.9%)
Unbuilt: 369 (42.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENZIALE ESTENSIVA | 247 | 2.76 km² | 78.9% |
| NUCLEO TRADIZIONALE | 180 | 0.03 km² | 64.4% |
| AREA FORESTALE | 110 | 2.25 km² | 23.6% |
| RESIDENZIALE ESTENSIVA (comprensorio lago) | 85 | 0.03 km² | 70.6% |
| RIVA PROTETTA (riservata a svago privato) | 63 | 0.01 km² | 28.6% |
| ATTREZZATURE PUBBLICHE | 40 | 0.04 km² | 30.0% |
| RESIDENZIALE SEMI-INTENSIVA | 34 | 0.04 km² | 85.3% |
| PERCORSO PEDONALE | 33 | 0.01 km² | 6.1% |
| NUCLEO DEI GROTTI | 27 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| POSTEGGIO ESTERNO PUBBLICO | 7 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| RESIDENZIALE ESTENSIVA (con prescrizioni speciali) | 7 | 0.01 km² | 85.7% |
| EDIFICI PUBBLICI | 6 | < 0.01 km² | 66.7% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 24 | 0.08 km² | 37.5% |
| No zone | 14 | 0.01 km² | 28.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 705 buildings with 949 dwellings here; 318 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 705
- Dwellings
- 949
- Single-family houses
- 318
- Building volume
- 756’002 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Morcote
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Morcote. 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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