Environment · 2013-2025

Share of forest: ranking of municipalities

Share of forest: Morcote comes top with 81.0% and Treycovagnes comes last with 0.0%. The median across 1,804 municipalities is 28.7%. The ranking covers municipalities with at least 500 residents.

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1Morcote81.0%2Breggia79.9%3Arogno79.7%

#	Municipality	Canton	Share of forest
1	Morcote	Ticino	81.0%
2	Breggia	Ticino	79.9%
3	Arogno	Ticino	79.7%
4	Arbedo-Castione	Ticino	77.1%
5	Bissone	Ticino	76.9%
6	Centovalli	Ticino	76.2%
7	Lema	Ticino	75.4%
8	Ronco sopra Ascona	Ticino	74.5%
9	Saint-George	Vaud	74.3%
10	Val Mara	Ticino	73.9%
11	Monteceneri	Ticino	73.8%
12	Cademario	Ticino	73.7%
13	Lumino	Ticino	73.6%
14	Gambarogno	Ticino	73.3%
15	Roveredo (GR)	Grisons	73.1%
16	Bovernier	Valais	72.7%
17	Vernate	Ticino	72.4%
18	Riva San Vitale	Ticino	72.0%
19	Veytaux	Vaud	70.8%
20	Terre di Pedemonte	Ticino	69.8%
21	Brissago	Ticino	69.5%
22	Orselina	Ticino	68.6%
23	Sils im Domleschg	Grisons	68.3%
24	Pura	Ticino	68.2%
25	Maggia	Ticino	67.6%
26	Torricella-Taverne	Ticino	67.5%
27	Rüttenen	Solothurn	67.4%
28	Oberdorf (SO)	Solothurn	66.8%
29	Mezzovico-Vira	Ticino	66.4%
30	Bellinzona	Ticino	66.1%
31	Alto Malcantone	Ticino	66.0%
32	Stalden (VS)	Valais	65.8%
33	Concise	Vaud	65.7%
34	Melide	Ticino	65.6%
35	Onsernone	Ticino	65.5%
36	San Vittore	Grisons	65.1%
37	Castel San Pietro	Ticino	65.0%
38	Cugnasco-Gerra	Ticino	64.7%
39	Romainmôtier-Envy	Vaud	64.6%
40	Giornico	Ticino	64.1%
41	Vallorbe	Vaud	63.9%
42	Lugano	Ticino	63.8%
43	Twann-Tüscherz	Bern	63.7%
44	Merishausen	Schaffhausen	63.7%
45	Martigny-Combe	Valais	63.5%
46	Riviera	Ticino	63.4%
47	Rhäzüns	Grisons	63.3%
48	Losone	Ticino	63.2%
49	Sembrancher	Valais	62.9%
50	Boudry	Neuchâtel	62.4%
51	Chalais	Valais	62.3%
52	La Neuveville	Bern	62.1%
53	Péry-La Heutte	Bern	62.1%
54	Murgenthal	Aargau	61.9%
55	Pollegio	Ticino	61.7%
55	Avegno Gordevio	Ticino	61.7%
57	Grône	Valais	61.7%
58	Saint-Cergue	Vaud	61.5%
59	Capriasca	Ticino	61.2%
60	Lavey-Morcles	Vaud	60.5%
61	Dittingen	Basel-Landschaft	60.2%
62	Rochefort	Neuchâtel	60.0%
63	Scharans	Grisons	59.8%
64	Gordola	Ticino	59.7%
65	Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen	Solothurn	59.6%
66	Waldenburg	Basel-Landschaft	59.5%
67	Gimel	Vaud	59.1%
68	Ringgenberg (BE)	Bern	58.9%
69	Röschenz	Basel-Landschaft	58.8%
70	Beringen	Schaffhausen	58.8%
71	Mendrisio	Ticino	58.7%
72	Chippis	Valais	58.6%
73	Alpthal	Schwyz	58.5%
74	Sagogn	Grisons	58.5%
75	Grono	Grisons	58.4%
76	Blauen	Basel-Landschaft	58.2%
77	Romoos	Lucerne	58.0%
78	Cama	Grisons	58.0%
79	Unterseen	Bern	57.9%
80	Berlingen	Thurgau	57.9%
81	Le Chenit	Vaud	57.9%
82	Saint-Gingolph	Valais	57.6%
83	Fischenthal	Zurich	57.6%
84	Bonaduz	Grisons	57.5%
85	Lostallo	Grisons	57.3%
86	Herbetswil	Solothurn	57.3%
87	Liestal	Basel-Landschaft	57.1%
88	Himmelried	Solothurn	57.0%
89	Dorénaz	Valais	56.8%
90	Kleinlützel	Solothurn	56.5%
91	Riniken	Aargau	56.4%
91	Vordemwald	Aargau	56.4%
93	Arzier-Le Muids	Vaud	56.4%
94	Hägendorf	Solothurn	56.4%
95	Tecknau	Basel-Landschaft	56.3%
96	Ammerswil	Aargau	56.2%
97	Thusis	Grisons	56.2%
98	Visp	Valais	55.9%
99	Matten bei Interlaken	Bern	55.6%
100	Court	Bern	55.5%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Municipality	Canton	Share of forest
1790	Rennaz	Vaud	1.4%
1791	Cologny	Geneva	1.4%
1792	Uebeschi	Bern	1.1%
1793	Kilchberg (ZH)	Zurich	0.8%
1794	Schönenbuch	Basel-Landschaft	0.8%
1795	La Tour-de-Peilz	Vaud	0.6%
1796	Rorschach	St. Gallen	0.6%
1797	Solothurn	Solothurn	0.5%
1798	Widnau	St. Gallen	0.5%
1799	Le Grand-Saconnex	Geneva	0.5%
1800	Müntschemier	Bern	0.4%
1801	Puplinge	Geneva	0.4%
1802	Meyriez	Fribourg	0.0%
1802	Corseaux	Vaud	0.0%
1802	Treycovagnes	Vaud	0.0%

Regions compared

Averages weighted by “Area”.

Ticino49.3%
Schaffhausen42.2%
Solothurn40.7%
Jura39.7%
Basel-Landschaft39.0%
Neuchâtel38.0%
Obwalden38.0%
Nidwalden35.1%
Aargau35.0%
Vaud33.4%
Schwyz32.3%
Appenzell Ausserrhoden31.9%
Zurich30.4%
Zug29.8%
Bern29.1%
Lucerne29.0%
Appenzell Innerrhoden28.9%
St. Gallen28.6%
Glarus28.4%
Fribourg26.4%
Grisons25.5%
Thurgau23.2%
Valais21.4%
Uri19.7%
Geneva12.2%
Basel-Stadt12.0%

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