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Airolo

Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5061

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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Canton only partly covered

The parcel data covers only about 35% of the area of the canton of Ticino, so the figures for Airolo may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 3’059 parcels in Airolo, covering 94.3 km². 47.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 880 m².

Key figures

Parcels
3’059
1.9% of the canton
Total area
94.3 km²

9.6% of the canton

Median area
880 m²

Canton: 708 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
47.5%

Canton: 52%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1953

Canton: 1965

Switzerland: 1976

About Airolo

Airolo is a municipality in the canton of Ticino.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zona agricola (44.8%), Zona del nucleo (16.2%) and Area forestale indicativa (12.9%).

According to the building register, Airolo has 1’930 buildings with 1’574 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (68.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 52.6% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1946 to 1960 (32.8%), and on 5.7% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1953.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 1’454 (47.5%)Unbuilt: 1’605 (52.5%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Zona agricola1’37160.49 km²38.3%
Zona del nucleo4960.09 km²85.7%
Area forestale indicativa3958.64 km²12.9%
Zona intensiva per l'abitazione A31040.08 km²74.0%
Zona estensiva per l'abitazione A1900.05 km²73.3%
Zona intensiva per l'abitazione A4840.07 km²86.9%
Zona senza destinazione specifica7519.25 km²41.3%
Zona per scopi pubblici730.23 km²68.5%
EN8 Laghi e corsi d'acqua721.61 km²5.6%
Zona di conservazione del nucleo680.01 km²89.7%
Zona estensiva per l'abitazione A2490.03 km²81.6%
Strada di servizio in ze SS230.04 km²4.3%
Other zones (21 labels)1100.97 km²31.8%
No zone492.78 km²30.6%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 1’930 buildings with 1’574 dwellings here; 599 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’930
Dwellings
1’574
Single-family houses
599
Building volume
1.9 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential879
  • Mixed use36
  • Non-residential1’015
  • Other0

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920126
  • 1920-1945341
  • 1946-1960477
  • 1961-1980230
  • 1981-2000149
  • 2001-201048
  • 2011-202018
  • 2021 and later17
  • Unknown year48

Maps and geodata for Airolo

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