Breitenbach
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2613
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Breitenbach centerThe parcel data lists 2’470 parcels in Breitenbach, covering 6.8 km². 42.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 840 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’470
- 1.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 6.8 km²
- 0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 840 m²
- Canton: 855 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 42.3%
- Canton: 51.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Breitenbach
Breitenbach is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn and holds 1.8% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.9% of their area. The median parcel in Breitenbach measures 840 m², about the same as the canton median of 855 m². Breitenbach is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 42.3% of its parcels have a building, against 51.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (36.2%), Wohnzone zweigeschossig A (22.9%) and Wohnzone zweigeschossig E2 (8.9%). In total, Breitenbach uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Breitenbach has 1’500 buildings with 2’181 dwellings, 1.5 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (76.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 32.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (25.4% of them), and 29.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’046 (42.3%)
Unbuilt: 1’424 (57.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 894 | 2.27 km² | 1.7% |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig A | 566 | 0.42 km² | 88.0% |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig E2 | 220 | 0.15 km² | 81.8% |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig B | 165 | 0.13 km² | 76.4% |
| Kernzone A | 113 | 0.12 km² | 77.0% |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 104 | 0.14 km² | 0.0% |
| Wald | 100 | 2.83 km² | 4.0% |
| Reine Gewerbezone | 71 | 0.21 km² | 46.5% |
| Wohnzone dreigeschossig | 52 | 0.07 km² | 90.4% |
| Reservezone | 47 | 0.07 km² | 0.0% |
| Verkehrsfläche Strasse | 36 | 0.06 km² | 0.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 28 | 0.19 km² | 64.3% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 74 | 0.14 km² | 51.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’500 buildings with 2’181 dwellings here; 740 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’500
- Dwellings
- 2’181
- Single-family houses
- 740
- Building volume
- 2.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Breitenbach
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Breitenbach. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.