Pura: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5216 · 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
- 1’340
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 18
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.4 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.9
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Pura
Pura is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 1’340 parcels in 18 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona forestale (359), Zona intensiva per l'abitazione AbI (329) and Nucleo del villaggio NV (204).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 89 %. The canton median is 10 %, close to the level of Pura.
The median building height is 8.4 m at 1.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (89 parcels), higher than the 55 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona forestale | 359 | 0 % |
| Zona intensiva per l'abitazione AbI | 329 | 78 % |
| Nucleo del villaggio NV | 204 | 115 % |
| Zona agricola intensiva | 192 | 0 % |
| Zona per l'abitazione AbE | 158 | 67 % |
| Strada di servizio | 40 | 0 % |
| Zona mista ZM 1 | 17 | 264 % |
| Zona per scopi pubblici | 13 | 6 % |
| Strada pedonale | 8 | 0 % |
| Zona mista ZM 2 | 7 | 83 % |
| Zona per l'abitazione soggetta a regolamentazione particolare AbRP 1 | 5 | 86 % |
| Posteggi | 2 | 0 % |
| Other zones (6) | 6 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’325 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 89 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 51 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %60 %
- 50 % to below 100 %18 %
- 100 % to below 150 %12 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’325 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.52. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5074 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above8 %
Building height
Of the 666 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 10.4 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 8.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m44 %
- 8 m to below 12 m44 %
- 12 m to below 20 m11 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 695 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 2.3. The median is 1.9 and the mean 1.9.
Share of parcels by range
- below 225 %
- 2 to below 361 %
- 3 to below 514 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 1’340 | 55 % |
| Last 60 years | 371 | 94 % |
| Last 40 years | 223 | 95 % |
| Last 20 years | 89 | 106 % |
| Last 15 years | 48 | 107 % |
| Last 10 years | 23 | 102 % |
| Last 5 years | 6 | 117 % |
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).