Gerlafingen
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2519
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Gerlafingen centerThe parcel data lists 1’241 parcels in Gerlafingen, covering 1.9 km². 81.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 631 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’241
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.9 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 631 m²
- Canton: 855 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 81.4%
- Canton: 51.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Gerlafingen
Gerlafingen is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.2% of their area. The median parcel in Gerlafingen measures 631 m², smaller than the canton median of 855 m². Gerlafingen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 81.4% of its parcels have a building, against 51.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone bis 3 Geschosse E, W3E (41.8%), Wohnzone bis 3 Geschosse, W3 (19.1%) and Wohnzone bis 4 Geschosse, W4 (12.4%). In total, Gerlafingen uses 17 zone designations.
According to the building register, Gerlafingen has 1’703 buildings with 2’729 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 33.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (23.1% of them), and 26% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’010 (81.4%)
Unbuilt: 231 (18.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone bis 3 Geschosse E, W3E | 519 | 0.35 km² | 94.0% |
| Wohnzone bis 3 Geschosse, W3 | 237 | 0.20 km² | 93.7% |
| Wohnzone bis 4 Geschosse, W4 | 154 | 0.22 km² | 90.9% |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 117 | 0.15 km² | 0.9% |
| Kernzone bis 4 Geschosse, K4 | 80 | 0.11 km² | 91.3% |
| Kernzone bis 3 Geschosse, K3 | 37 | 0.05 km² | 91.9% |
| Gewerbezone, G | 18 | 0.06 km² | 100.0% |
| Mischzone, M | 18 | 0.04 km² | 66.7% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen, öBA | 13 | 0.10 km² | 84.6% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 12 | 0.04 km² | 25.0% |
| Kommunale Uferschutzzone innerhalb Bauzone, Uf | 10 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Industriezone, I | 6 | 0.30 km² | 66.7% |
| Other zones (5 labels) | 20 | 0.24 km² | 20.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’703 buildings with 2’729 dwellings here; 688 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’703
- Dwellings
- 2’729
- Single-family houses
- 688
- Building volume
- 3.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Gerlafingen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gerlafingen. 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.