Geography
Valcolla is in the upper section of the Val Colla, the mountain valley in which the Cassarate River rises.
The municipality has an area, as of 1997, of 11.34 square kilometers (4.38 sq mi). Of this area, 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 4.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.89 km2 (2.27 sq mi) or 51.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi) or 10.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. Out of the forested land, 45.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.6% is used for growing crops and 2.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 10.1% is unproductive vegetation.
In 1956 the municipality was created from the merger of Colla, Insone, Piandera, Scareglia and Signôra.
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