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Orselina

Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5121

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

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For Orselina (TI), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 528 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.9 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 17 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
9.9 m
Canton: 8.8 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
33.6 m

Canton: 70.5 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
528

0.7% of the canton

25 m or taller
6

1.1% of measured parcels

About Orselina

Orselina is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. For Orselina, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 528 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.9 m, on three quarters at most 12.2 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 17 m.

For Orselina, the median building height, 9.9 m, is above the canton median of 8.8 m. The tallest building measures 33.6 m. One parcel has a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 7. By median building height, Orselina ranks 10th of 61 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 528 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereCantonSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)8.2 m7.2 m7.8 m
P50 (median)9.9 m8.8 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)12.2 m11.0 m11.5 m
P9517.0 m16.6 m16.6 m
Tallest building33.6 m70.5 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m2
  • 3-6 m28
  • 6-9 m161
  • 9-12 m190
  • 12-15 m96
  • 15-18 m28
  • 18-21 m14
  • 21-24 m3
  • 24-27 m2
  • 27-30 m3
  • 30 m or taller1

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 532 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 7.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor107
  • 2 floors255
  • 3 floors124
  • 4 floors30
  • 5 floors7
  • 6 floors5
  • 7 floors4
  • 8 or more floors0

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 33.6 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller519.7%
25 m or taller61.1%
30 m or taller10.2%
50 m or taller00%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Orselina

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Orselina. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

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