Melide: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5198 · 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
- 539
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 39 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.22
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.3 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Melide
Melide is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 539 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Area forestale (129), Zona del nucleo delle cantine di Cima (NC1) (64) and Zona intensiva per l'abitazione A5 (61).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 39 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 99 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Melide sits above it.
The median building height is 11.3 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.22.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Area forestale | 129 | 0 % |
| Zona del nucleo delle cantine di Cima (NC1) | 64 | 97 % |
| Zona intensiva per l'abitazione A5 | 61 | 72 % |
| Zona estensiva per l'abitazione A2 | 52 | 79 % |
| Zona estensiva per l'abitazione speciale rive-lago A2S | 41 | 77 % |
| Zona del nucleo delle Cantine di fondo (NC2) | 37 | 75 % |
| Zona semi-intensiva per l'abitazione A3 | 28 | 82 % |
| Zona mista | 20 | 76 % |
| Zona per scopi pubblici | 19 | 66 % |
| Strada pedonale | 16 | 0 % |
| Zona senza destinazione specifica | 15 | 0 % |
| Zona turistica-alberghiera ZTa | 13 | 284 % |
| Other zones (16) | 44 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 519 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 99 %. The median is 39 % and the mean 59 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %54 %
- 50 % to below 100 %22 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 519 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.97. The median is 0.22 and the mean 0.65.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5059 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above15 %
Building height
Of the 277 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.1 m and 14.0 m. The median is 11.3 m and the mean 11.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m13 %
- 8 m to below 12 m46 %
- 12 m to below 20 m40 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 282 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 3.3. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 218 %
- 2 to below 338 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 5 and above10 %
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 | 539 | 66 % |
| Last 60 years | 100 | 104 % |
| Last 40 years | 56 | 111 % |
| Last 20 years | 28 | 130 % |
| Last 15 years | 20 | 102 % |
| Last 10 years | 15 | 93 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 71 % |
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).