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Distretto di Leventina

Ticino

Distretto di Leventina is one of 8 districts of the canton of Ticino and comprises 8 municipalities with 8'742 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 Leventina

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

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
Mitte26.2% · strongest party
Mitte26.2%
FDP18.6%
SVP15.4%
Lega14.6%
SP10.8%
Übrige8.3%
GRÜNE5.4%
GLP0.6%
Bedretto
60 %
median of its municipalities
90 %
Giornico
95 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 60 % % in Bedretto to 95 % % in Giornico (median 90 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 12.3 % in Bedretto to 14.7 % in Giornico (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
1.83 %
Dwellings
8'711
Avg. rooms
3.5
Built before 1946
47.4%

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
−9 −0.1%
births
55
deaths
102
net migration
+29
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
3'631
Workplaces
678
Services share
66.2 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 266 (7.3%) · Secondary 961 (26.5%) · Tertiary 2'404 (66.2%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
93
Organic share
23.7 %
Farmland
2'151 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
3.6 °C
Precipitation
1'785 mm
Elevation
286–3'186 m
Flat share
3.7%

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

Energy · Accessibility

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

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.15428.845 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Distretto di Leventina?
Distretto di Leventina comprises 8 municipalities: Faido, Giornico, Airolo, Quinto, Pollegio, Personico, Dalpe, Bedretto. Together they have 8'742 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Distretto di Leventina in?
Distretto di Leventina lies in the canton of Ticino, which is divided into 8 districts.
How many people live in Distretto di Leventina?
Distretto di Leventina has 8'742 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 8 municipalities; the largest is Faido with 2'706.
Does Distretto di Leventina have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Distretto di Leventina the municipal rate ranges from 60 % (Bedretto) to 95 % (Giornico).
How did Distretto di Leventina vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Distretto di Leventina voted 62.7 % 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.