Recherswil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2530 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’034
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 15
- Median utilization
- 65 %
Canton: 29 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.28
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.3 m
Canton: 9.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.2
Switzerland: 2.3
About Recherswil
Recherswil is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn. The parcel data lists 1’034 parcels in 15 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (573), Landwirtschaftszone (158) and Verkehrszone Strasse (82).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 65 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 97 %. The canton median is 29 %, so Recherswil sits above it.
The median building height is 8.3 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.28. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 100 % (156 parcels), higher than the 62 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 573 | 84 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 158 | 0 % |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 82 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 57 | 90 % |
| Wald | 52 | 0 % |
| Kernzone Erhaltung 2-geschossig | 35 | 56 % |
| Industriezone | 20 | 67 % |
| Gewerbezone mit Wohnen | 11 | 60 % |
| Verkehrsfläche Strasse | 11 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 11 | 4 % |
| Uferschutzzone | 8 | 0 % |
| Kernzone Entwicklung 4-geschossig | 7 | 91 % |
| Other zones (3) | 9 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’018 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 97 %. The median is 65 % and the mean 60 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %41 %
- 50 % to below 100 %36 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above4 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’018 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.44. The median is 0.28 and the mean 0.27.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 644 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 9.5 m. The median is 8.3 m and the mean 8.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m43 %
- 8 m to below 12 m53 %
- 12 m to below 20 m3 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 528 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 220 %
- 2 to below 363 %
- 3 to below 518 %
- 5 and above0 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 1’034 | 62 % |
| Last 60 years | 503 | 97 % |
| Last 40 years | 334 | 103 % |
| Last 20 years | 156 | 100 % |
| Last 15 years | 124 | 99 % |
| Last 10 years | 77 | 102 % |
| Last 5 years | 45 | 103 % |
How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).