Riva San Vitale
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5263
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Riva San Vitale centerPartial parcel data
The parcel data holds only 461 built parcels here, while the building register lists 936 residential and mixed-use buildings. The parcel figures below are therefore likely incomplete.
The parcel data lists 1’929 parcels in Riva San Vitale, covering 6 km². 23.9% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 603 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’929
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 6 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 603 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 23.9%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1970
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Riva San Vitale
Riva San Vitale is a municipality in the canton of Ticino.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Lago (31.9%), Artigianale commerciale particolare (17.6%) and Residenziale artigianale (11.7%).
According to the building register, Riva San Vitale has 1’506 buildings with 1’656 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 37.8% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (12.6%), and on 5.6% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1970.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 461 (23.9%)
Unbuilt: 1’468 (76.1%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lago | 615 | 0.36 km² | 0.5% |
| Artigianale commerciale particolare | 340 | 0.37 km² | 0.3% |
| Residenziale artigianale | 226 | 0.21 km² | 52.2% |
| Area forestale | 215 | 0.78 km² | 0.5% |
| Corsi d'acqua / lago | 193 | 0.44 km² | 98.4% |
| Bosco | 113 | 0.55 km² | 69.9% |
| Corsi d'acqua, lago | 85 | 0.13 km² | 1.2% |
| Posteggio | 49 | 0.09 km² | 18.4% |
| Zona edificabile di interesse comunale R3 Zeic | 46 | 0.10 km² | 93.5% |
| Residenziale intensiva | 13 | 0.03 km² | 53.8% |
| Altri territori idonei all'agricoltura | 12 | 2.96 km² | 0.0% |
| Strada di Collegamento Principale | 12 | 0.02 km² | 25.0% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 10 | 0.01 km² | 60.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’506 buildings with 1’656 dwellings here; 645 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’506
- Dwellings
- 1’656
- Single-family houses
- 645
- Building volume
- 1.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Riva San Vitale
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Riva San Vitale. 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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