Tenero-Contra: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5131 · 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
- 1’838
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 43
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.0 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Tenero-Contra
Tenero-Contra is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 1’838 parcels in 43 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Area boschiva (733), Zona residenziale estensiva (290) and Zona residenziale intensiva (114).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 72 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Tenero-Contra sits below it.
The median building height is 9.0 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 109 % (118 parcels), higher than the 47 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Area boschiva | 733 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale estensiva | 290 | 68 % |
| Zona residenziale intensiva | 114 | 76 % |
| Aree di recupero naturalistico e paesaggistico | 99 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale estensiva particolare | 76 | 80 % |
| Zona residenziale semi-intensiva | 69 | 87 % |
| Nucleo tradizionale | 58 | 70 % |
| Zona residenziale semi-estensiva | 52 | 85 % |
| Zona residenziale-artigianale | 42 | 87 % |
| Terreni sul territorio di Tenero Contra | 33 | 73 % |
| Zona residenziale-commerciale intensiva | 33 | 74 % |
| Zona dei campeggi | 29 | 18 % |
| Other zones (31) | 210 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’804 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 72 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 40 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %70 %
- 50 % to below 100 %15 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’804 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.45. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.27.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5077 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 655 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.0 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m34 %
- 8 m to below 12 m49 %
- 12 m to below 20 m17 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 695 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 2.5. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 224 %
- 2 to below 353 %
- 3 to below 519 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 1’838 | 47 % |
| Last 60 years | 409 | 120 % |
| Last 40 years | 274 | 117 % |
| Last 20 years | 118 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 85 | 109 % |
| Last 10 years | 40 | 124 % |
| Last 5 years | 13 | 104 % |
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).