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Distretto di Blenio

Ticino

Distretto di Blenio is one of 8 districts of the canton of Ticino and comprises 3 municipalities with 5'585 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN

Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Distretto di Blenio

district results as published by BFS
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP20.6% · strongest party
SVP20.6%
FDP18.4%
Mitte16.1%
Lega14.7%
Übrige12.2%
SP11.5%
GRÜNE6.0%
GLP0.5%
Blenio
90 %
median of its municipalities
93 %
Acquarossa
95 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 90 % % in Blenio to 95 % % in Acquarossa (median 93 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 14.3 % in Blenio to 14.7 % in Acquarossa (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.22 %
Dwellings
7'272
Avg. rooms
3.4
Built before 1946
59.4%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
−28 −0.5%
births
39
deaths
61
net migration
−10
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
2'062
Workplaces
562
Services share
56 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 323 (15.7%) · Secondary 584 (28.3%) · Tertiary 1'155 (56.0%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
114
Organic share
15.8 %
Farmland
2'435 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
3.7 °C
Precipitation
1'654 mm
Elevation
349–3'382 m
Flat share
3.3%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
96 GWh
Electricity
28.8 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
89 min
Road to centre
55 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (28.78828.788 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

MunicipalitiesLargest municipalitiesForeign residentsTax burden
Serravalle46/10092/10078/100
Acquarossa51/10083/10083/100
Blenio53/10098/10063/100

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Distretto di Blenio?
Distretto di Blenio comprises 3 municipalities: Serravalle, Acquarossa, Blenio. Together they have 5'585 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Distretto di Blenio in?
Distretto di Blenio lies in the canton of Ticino, which is divided into 8 districts.
How many people live in Distretto di Blenio?
Distretto di Blenio has 5'585 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 3 municipalities; the largest is Serravalle with 2'052.
Does Distretto di Blenio have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Distretto di Blenio the municipal rate ranges from 90 % (Blenio) to 95 % (Acquarossa).
How did Distretto di Blenio vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Distretto di Blenio voted 58.1 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.