Centovalli: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5397 · 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
- 1’431
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 22
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.0 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.8
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Centovalli
Centovalli is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 1’431 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Bosco (523), Zona agricola e altri terreni idonei (307) and Nucleo di villaggio (266).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 83 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Centovalli sits below it.
The median building height is 8.0 m at 1.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Bosco | 523 | 0 % |
| Zona agricola e altri terreni idonei | 307 | 0 % |
| Nucleo di villaggio | 266 | 60 % |
| Zona agricola | 198 | 0 % |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 35 | 0 % |
| Zona edificabile R2 | 19 | 6 % |
| Zona edificabile R3 | 17 | 6 % |
| Corso d'acqua | 10 | 0 % |
| Ruscello con fascia boschiva | 9 | 0 % |
| Zona EP | 9 | 42 % |
| Strada Cantonale e comunale | 6 | 0 % |
| Zona AP | 6 | 0 % |
| Other zones (10) | 26 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’403 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 83 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 405 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %70 %
- 50 % to below 100 %7 %
- 100 % to below 150 %6 %
- 150 % and above17 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’403 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.31.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.005 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 514 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.6 m and 10.4 m. The median is 8.0 m and the mean 8.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m51 %
- 8 m to below 12 m37 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 517 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.1 and 2.4. The median is 1.8 and the mean 1.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 239 %
- 2 to below 341 %
- 3 to below 521 %
- 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 | 1’431 | 682 % |
| Last 60 years | 102 | 498 % |
| Last 40 years | 42 | 115 % |
| Last 20 years | 6 | 223 % |
| Last 15 years | 3 | 35 % |
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).