Pura
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5216
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Pura centerThe parcel data lists 1’340 parcels in Pura, covering 3 km². 53.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 857 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’340
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 3 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 857 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 53.3%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1970
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Pura
Pura is a municipality in the canton of Ticino and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.1% of their area. The median parcel in Pura measures 857 m², larger than the canton median of 718 m². Pura is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 53.3% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Zona forestale (26.8%), Zona intensiva per l'abitazione AbI (24.6%) and Nucleo del villaggio NV (15.2%). In total, Pura uses 18 zone designations.
According to the building register, Pura has 909 buildings with 948 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (72.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 33.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (23% of them), and 20% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1970, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1958).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 714 (53.3%)
Unbuilt: 626 (46.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zona forestale | 359 | 1.87 km² | 7.2% |
| Zona intensiva per l'abitazione AbI | 329 | 0.25 km² | 82.7% |
| Nucleo del villaggio NV | 204 | 0.04 km² | 83.3% |
| Zona agricola intensiva | 192 | 0.54 km² | 40.6% |
| Zona per l'abitazione AbE | 158 | 0.14 km² | 81.0% |
| Strada di servizio | 40 | 0.04 km² | 2.5% |
| Zona mista ZM 1 | 17 | 0.02 km² | 88.2% |
| Zona per scopi pubblici | 13 | 0.03 km² | 76.9% |
| Strada pedonale | 8 | 0.01 km² | 25.0% |
| Zona mista ZM 2 | 7 | 0.01 km² | 85.7% |
| Zona per l'abitazione soggetta a regolamentazione particolare AbRP 1 | 5 | < 0.01 km² | 80.0% |
| Posteggi | 2 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (6 labels) | 6 | 0.10 km² | 33.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 909 buildings with 948 dwellings here; 435 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 909
- Dwellings
- 948
- Single-family houses
- 435
- Building volume
- 707’000 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Pura
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Pura. 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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