Vernate
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5230
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Vernate centerThe parcel data lists 1’010 parcels in Vernate, covering 1.5 km². 36.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 767 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’010
- 0.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.5 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 767 m²
- Canton: 718 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 36.7%
- Canton: 42.8%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1965
- Canton: 1958
- Switzerland: 1975
About Vernate
Vernate is a municipality in the canton of Ticino and holds 0.3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.1% of their area. The median parcel in Vernate measures 767 m², about the same as the canton median of 718 m². Vernate is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 36.7% of its parcels have a building, against 42.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Area forestale (48.4%), Zona residenziale (24.6%) and Nuclei del villaggio (12.3%). In total, Vernate uses 12 zone designations.
According to the building register, Vernate has 473 buildings with 457 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (72.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 39.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1946 to 1960 (36.1% of them), and 18.9% 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: 371 (36.7%)
Unbuilt: 639 (63.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area forestale | 489 | 1.04 km² | 1.4% |
| Zona residenziale | 248 | 0.20 km² | 77.0% |
| Nuclei del villaggio | 124 | 0.01 km² | 77.4% |
| Comprensorio agricolo | 102 | 0.16 km² | 56.9% |
| Attrezzature ed edifici di interesse pubblico | 16 | 0.05 km² | 62.5% |
| Strada pedonale | 11 | < 0.01 km² | 54.5% |
| Posteggio | 7 | < 0.01 km² | 42.9% |
| Strada di servizio | 6 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Strada di collegamento | 4 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| Corsi d'acqua | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Strada di raccolta | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Strada di servizio F1 | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 473 buildings with 457 dwellings here; 206 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 473
- Dwellings
- 457
- Single-family houses
- 206
- Building volume
- 358’402 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Vernate
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Vernate. 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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