Orselina
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5121
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Orselina center
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 35% of the area of the canton of Ticino, so the figures for Orselina may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 1’001 parcels in Orselina, covering 1.9 km². 54.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 566 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’001
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.9 km²
0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 566 m²
Canton: 708 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 54.4%
Canton: 52%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1961
Canton: 1965
Switzerland: 1976
About Orselina
Orselina is a municipality in the canton of Ticino.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zona residenziale estensiva RE (38.4%), Bosco (25.1%) and Zona residenziale semi intensiva RSI (10.2%).
According to the building register, Orselina has 723 buildings with 1’229 dwellings, 1.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (61.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 26% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (25.3%), and on 7.2% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1961.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 545 (54.4%)Unbuilt: 456 (45.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zona residenziale estensiva RE | 384 | 0.31 km² | 74.5% |
| Bosco | 251 | 1.29 km² | 6.8% |
| Zona residenziale semi intensiva RSI | 102 | 0.09 km² | 86.3% |
| Nucleo vecchio NV | 70 | 0.01 km² | 74.3% |
| Aree aperte antropizzate | 26 | 0.04 km² | 65.4% |
| Zona residenziale intensiva RI | 19 | 0.02 km² | 78.9% |
| Nucleo di tamponamento NT | 18 | 0.01 km² | 55.6% |
| Gruppo di edifici rustici sui monti | 16 | < 0.01 km² | 68.8% |
| Aree agricole - Prati | 15 | 0.02 km² | 53.3% |
| Percorsi pedonali o a prevalenza pedonali nel nucleo | 14 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Zona per attrezzature pubbliche AP | 11 | 0.01 km² | 36.4% |
| Territorio senza destinazione specifica | 10 | 0.02 km² | 70.0% |
| Other zones (17 labels) | 65 | 0.12 km² | 46.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 723 buildings with 1’229 dwellings here; 323 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 723
- Dwellings
- 1’229
- Single-family houses
- 323
- Building volume
- 920’093 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Orselina
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