Schnottwil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2461 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 736
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 13
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 29 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.8 m
Canton: 9.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.2
Switzerland: 2.3
About Schnottwil
Schnottwil is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn. The parcel data lists 736 parcels in 13 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (194), Wohnzone 2-geschossig (185) and Kernzone (131).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 100 %. The canton median is 29 %, so Schnottwil sits below it.
The median building height is 9.8 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 99 % (80 parcels), higher than the 66 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 194 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 185 | 94 % |
| Kernzone | 131 | 91 % |
| Wald | 78 | 0 % |
| Verkehrsfläche Strasse | 76 | 0 % |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 31 | 0 % |
| Gewässer | 15 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone mit Wohnen | 12 | 103 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 9 | 17 % |
| Freihaltezone | 2 | 0 % |
| Sondernutzungszone "Steingrüebli" | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone für Familiengarten | 1 | 0 % |
| Other zones (1) | 1 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 730 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 100 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 62 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %56 %
- 50 % to below 100 %19 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 730 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.43. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.22.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 350 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.8 m and the mean 10.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m19 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m21 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 285 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 367 %
- 3 to below 522 %
- 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 | 736 | 66 % |
| Last 60 years | 259 | 119 % |
| Last 40 years | 206 | 130 % |
| Last 20 years | 80 | 99 % |
| Last 15 years | 58 | 100 % |
| Last 10 years | 40 | 101 % |
| Last 5 years | 13 | 91 % |
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).