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Vezia: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5231 · 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
747

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
29
Median utilization
60 %

Canton: 10 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.34

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.4 m

Canton: 8.7 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 1.9

Switzerland: 2.3

About Vezia

Vezia is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 747 parcels in 29 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are zona residenziale R2 (264), zona residenziale R3 (103) and zona forestale (98).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 60 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 104 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Vezia sits above it.

The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.34. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 105 % (60 parcels), higher than the 63 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
zona residenziale R226490 %
zona residenziale R310380 %
zona forestale980 %
zona mista7389 %
zona del nucleo5259 %
strada di servizio410 %
altri terreni idonei all'agricoltura250 %
zona del nucleo Pradasc15115 %
Campagna (chiesa scuola e asilo)110 %
zona artigianale11100 %
zona residenziale R2s90 %
strada pedonale70 %
Other zones (17)38-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 731 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 104 %. The median is 60 % and the mean 59 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %47 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %25 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %21 %
  • 150 % and above6 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 731 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.68. The median is 0.34 and the mean 0.45.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5061 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0029 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above5 %

Building height

Of the 408 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.7 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m24 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m62 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m14 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 435 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 213 %
  • 2 to below 356 %
  • 3 to below 530 %
  • 5 and above1 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years74763 %
Last 60 years287101 %
Last 40 years183104 %
Last 20 years60105 %
Last 15 years32100 %
Last 10 years1491 %
Last 5 years1094 %

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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).