Verzasca: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5399 · 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
- 2’173
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 34
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.3 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.8
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Verzasca
Verzasca is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 2’173 parcels in 34 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona agricola ZA (399), Zona forestale (287) and Zona dei nuclei di vecchia formazione Brione (255).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 65 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Verzasca sits below it.
The median building height is 7.3 m at 1.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona agricola ZA | 399 | 0 % |
| Zona forestale | 287 | 0 % |
| Zona dei nuclei di vecchia formazione Brione | 255 | 11 % |
| Zona idonea ad un' utilizzazione a pascolo | 253 | 0 % |
| Zona idonea ad un' utilizzazione agricola | 252 | 0 % |
| Zona forestale ZF | 180 | 0 % |
| Zona del nucleo tradizionale NV | 124 | 108 % |
| Zona residenziale | 115 | 0 % |
| Zona improduttiva | 46 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale estensiva R2 | 44 | 225 % |
| Zona dei nuclei di vecchia formazione Motta | 33 | 31 % |
| Nucleo dei rustici di Cabioi | 29 | 25 % |
| Other zones (22) | 156 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’142 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 65 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 112 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %72 %
- 50 % to below 100 %9 %
- 100 % to below 150 %5 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’142 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.28. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.31.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5080 %
- 0.50 to below 1.007 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above7 %
Building height
Of the 830 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.2 m and 8.6 m. The median is 7.3 m and the mean 7.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m67 %
- 8 m to below 12 m33 %
- 12 m to below 20 m1 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 857 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.3 and 2.2. The median is 1.8 and the mean 1.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 232 %
- 2 to below 358 %
- 3 to below 510 %
- 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 | 2’173 | 129 % |
| Last 60 years | 159 | 174 % |
| Last 40 years | 93 | 188 % |
| Last 20 years | 23 | 122 % |
| Last 15 years | 15 | 87 % |
| Last 10 years | 7 | 71 % |
| Last 5 years | 4 | 88 % |
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).