Arbedo-Castione: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5001 · Parcel data as of July 2025
The parcel data covers only part of the land in the canton of Ticino, so figures here may be incomplete.
- Parcels
- 1’679
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 63
- Median utilization
- 72 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.48
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.7 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Arbedo-Castione
Arbedo-Castione is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 1’679 parcels in 63 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona residenziale (966), Zona del nucleo tradizionale (262) and Zona residenziale semi-intensiva (72).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 72 %; half of the parcels lie between 9 % and 108 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Arbedo-Castione sits above it.
The median building height is 8.7 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.48. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 103 % (226 parcels), higher than the 92 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona residenziale | 966 | 77 % |
| Zona del nucleo tradizionale | 262 | 135 % |
| Zona residenziale semi-intensiva | 72 | 64 % |
| Zona per attività produttive J2 | 45 | 59 % |
| Zona mista semi-intensiva | 42 | 63 % |
| Superfici di avvicendamento colturale SAC | 38 | 0 % |
| Zona per attività produttive J1 | 36 | 0 % |
| Strada di servizio | 25 | 0 % |
| Zona mista intensiva | 19 | 35 % |
| Strada di collegamento principale | 17 | 0 % |
| Area forestale montana | 15 | 0 % |
| Attrezzatura pubblica: area di svago | 14 | 0 % |
| Other zones (51) | 128 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’640 parcels with a value, half lie between 9 % and 108 %. The median is 72 % and the mean 77 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %36 %
- 50 % to below 100 %34 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’639 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.09 and 0.74. The median is 0.48 and the mean 0.55.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5052 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0034 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above6 %
Building height
Of the 1’161 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.2 m and 10.1 m. The median is 8.7 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m37 %
- 8 m to below 12 m54 %
- 12 m to below 20 m8 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’210 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 218 %
- 2 to below 354 %
- 3 to below 526 %
- 5 and above2 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 1’679 | 92 % |
| Last 60 years | 825 | 94 % |
| Last 40 years | 548 | 98 % |
| Last 20 years | 226 | 103 % |
| Last 15 years | 145 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 64 | 107 % |
| Last 5 years | 29 | 116 % |
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How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).