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Distretto di Riviera

Ticino

Distretto di Riviera is one of 8 districts of the canton of Ticino and comprises 2 municipalities with 10'475 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.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Distretto di Riviera

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

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
FDP23.5% · strongest party
FDP23.5%
Mitte18.8%
Lega15.9%
SVP15.3%
SP12.3%
Übrige8.4%
GRÜNE5.3%
GLP0.6%
Biasca
95 %
median of its municipalities
95 %
Biasca
95 %

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

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

Vacancy rate
1.29 %
Dwellings
6'271
Avg. rooms
3.6
Built before 1946
21.0%

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
+5 +0.1%
births
69
deaths
96
net migration
+34
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
4'959
Workplaces
842
Services share
62.8 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 116 (2.3%) · Secondary 1'728 (34.8%) · Tertiary 3'115 (62.8%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
48
Organic share
25 %
Farmland
600 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
6.1 °C
Precipitation
1'544 mm
Elevation
244–2'911 m
Flat share
8.4%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
98 GWh
Electricity
28.8 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
58 min
Road to centre
39 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
Biasca10/10012/10086/100
Riviera22/10024/10095/100

2 of these postal codes reach across the district border.

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Distretto di Riviera?
Distretto di Riviera comprises 2 municipalities: Biasca, Riviera. Together they have 10'475 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Distretto di Riviera in?
Distretto di Riviera lies in the canton of Ticino, which is divided into 8 districts.
How many people live in Distretto di Riviera?
Distretto di Riviera has 10'475 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 2 municipalities; the largest is Biasca with 6'213.
Does Distretto di Riviera have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Distretto di Riviera the municipal rate ranges from 95 % (Biasca) to 95 % (Biasca).
How did Distretto di Riviera vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Distretto di Riviera voted 58 % 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.