Breggia: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5269 · 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
- 2’255
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 32
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.8
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Breggia
Breggia is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 2’255 parcels in 32 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Area forestale (indicativa) (438), Zona agricola (312) and Aree forestali (298).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 52 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Breggia sits below it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 1.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 117 % (66 parcels), lower than the 173 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Area forestale (indicativa) | 438 | 0 % |
| Zona agricola | 312 | 0 % |
| Aree forestali | 298 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale semi-estensiva | 227 | 78 % |
| Zone agricole - Comparti comprendenti altri terreni idonei all'uso agricolo | 191 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale edificata in ampia misura | 177 | 53 % |
| Zona forestale | 168 | 0 % |
| Zona nucleo di villaggio | 122 | 204 % |
| Zona del nucleo di villaggio | 82 | 84 % |
| Zona del nucleo tradizionale | 69 | 192 % |
| Zona residenziale estensiva | 66 | 57 % |
| Strada di servizio | 15 | 0 % |
| Other zones (20) | 90 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’226 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 52 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 90 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %75 %
- 50 % to below 100 %10 %
- 100 % to below 150 %6 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’226 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.25. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.30.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.008 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above7 %
Building height
Of the 694 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.5 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m31 %
- 8 m to below 12 m54 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 695 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.2 and 2.4. The median is 1.8 and the mean 1.9.
Share of parcels by range
- below 233 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 519 %
- 5 and above0 %
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 | 2’255 | 173 % |
| Last 60 years | 331 | 117 % |
| Last 40 years | 196 | 109 % |
| Last 20 years | 66 | 117 % |
| Last 15 years | 42 | 122 % |
| Last 10 years | 23 | 117 % |
| Last 5 years | 13 | 120 % |
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).