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Distretto di Vallemaggia

Ticino

Distretto di Vallemaggia is one of 8 districts of the canton of Ticino and comprises 8 municipalities with 5'969 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 Vallemaggia

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

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
Mitte24.7% · strongest party
Mitte24.7%
FDP19.7%
SVP12.7%
Lega11.1%
SP10.9%
Übrige10.4%
GRÜNE9.4%
GLP1.1%
Campo (Vallemaggia)
65 %
median of its municipalities
94.5 %
Bosco/Gurin
100 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 65 % % in Campo (Vallemaggia) to 100 % % in Bosco/Gurin (median 94.5 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 12.7 % in Campo (Vallemaggia) to 15 % in Bosco/Gurin (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.69 %
Dwellings
7'068
Avg. rooms
3.7
Built before 1946
54.0%

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
−22 −0.4%
births
35
deaths
60
net migration
+9
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
2'229
Workplaces
632
Services share
62.7 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 205 (9.2%) · Secondary 627 (28.1%) · Tertiary 1'397 (62.7%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
69
Organic share
44.9 %
Farmland
1'312 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
5 °C
Precipitation
2'013 mm
Elevation
244–3'260 m
Flat share
2.9%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
83 GWh
Electricity
28.8 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
132 min
Road to centre
92 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

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Distretto di Vallemaggia?
Distretto di Vallemaggia comprises 8 municipalities: Maggia, Avegno Gordevio, Cevio, Lavizzara, Campo (Vallemaggia), Bosco/Gurin, Linescio, Cerentino. Together they have 5'969 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Distretto di Vallemaggia in?
Distretto di Vallemaggia lies in the canton of Ticino, which is divided into 8 districts.
How many people live in Distretto di Vallemaggia?
Distretto di Vallemaggia has 5'969 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 8 municipalities; the largest is Maggia with 2'686.
Does Distretto di Vallemaggia have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Distretto di Vallemaggia the municipal rate ranges from 65 % (Campo (Vallemaggia)) to 100 % (Bosco/Gurin).
How did Distretto di Vallemaggia vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Distretto di Vallemaggia voted 51.7 % 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.