Ticino: Facts & Figures
The life of a canton can also be expressed in figures, percentages, kilograms, population statistics or any other unit of measurement. These serve to track its development at a variety of levels. The Canton of Ticino provides revealing statistics available about its eight districts.
Did you know…?
- 2,338.6 are the sunshine hours enjoyed by the Ticinesi in 2009. The figure lies 184 above the Swiss average.
- 12 April 2007: on this date, Ticino became the first Swiss canton to ban smoking in public places.
The figures keep coming
- 45% is the minimum alcoholic strength necessary to produce a true grappa.
- 8.3% of Ticino's population is of German mother tongue (the mother tongue of 83.1% is Italian).
- 2 667 093 vehicles are registered in the Canton… for a population of 332 600 inhabitants!
