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Melide

Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5198

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 Melide may be incomplete as well.

The parcel data lists 653 parcels in Melide, covering 5.2 km². 58.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 490 m².

Key figures

Parcels
653
0.4% of the canton
Total area
5.2 km²

0.5% of the canton

Median area
490 m²

Canton: 708 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
58.7%

Canton: 52%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1953

Canton: 1965

Switzerland: 1976

About Melide

Melide is a municipality in the canton of Ticino.

Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Area forestale (19.8%), Zona del nucleo delle cantine di Cima (NC1) (9.8%) and Zona intensiva per l'abitazione A5 (9.3%).

According to the building register, Melide has 497 buildings with 1’321 dwellings, 2.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 46.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 26.4% of all buildings.

Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1946 to 1960 (36.3%), and on 8.1% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1953.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 383 (58.7%)Unbuilt: 270 (41.3%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Area forestale1291.09 km²15.5%
Zona del nucleo delle cantine di Cima (NC1)640.01 km²68.8%
Zona intensiva per l'abitazione A5610.05 km²95.1%
Zona estensiva per l'abitazione A2520.05 km²90.4%
Zona estensiva per l'abitazione speciale rive-lago A2S410.02 km²73.2%
Zona del nucleo delle Cantine di fondo (NC2)370.01 km²70.3%
Zona semi-intensiva per l'abitazione A3280.02 km²78.6%
Zona mista200.02 km²85.0%
Zona per scopi pubblici190.06 km²63.2%
Strada pedonale160.01 km²0.0%
Zona senza destinazione specifica150.02 km²26.7%
Zona turistica-alberghiera ZTa130.01 km²84.6%
Other zones (16 labels)443.78 km²22.7%
No zone1140.03 km²71.9%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 497 buildings with 1’321 dwellings here; 165 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
497
Dwellings
1’321
Single-family houses
165
Building volume
806’264 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential358
  • Mixed use8
  • Non-residential131
  • Other0

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192015
  • 1920-194591
  • 1946-1960139
  • 1961-198059
  • 1981-200039
  • 2001-201011
  • 2011-202018
  • 2021 and later2
  • Unknown year9

Maps and geodata for Melide

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