Grindel
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2617
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Grindel centerThe parcel data lists 904 parcels in Grindel, covering 3.1 km². 26% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’112 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 904
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.1 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’112 m²
- Canton: 855 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 26%
- Canton: 51.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Grindel
Grindel is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.4% of their area. The median parcel in Grindel measures 1’112 m², larger than the canton median of 855 m². Grindel is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 26% of its parcels have a building, against 51.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (60.3%), Wohnzone 2-geschossig (17.9%) and Kernzone (6.4%). In total, Grindel uses 12 zone designations.
According to the building register, Grindel has 312 buildings with 256 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (88.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 36.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (24.3% of them), and 16.6% 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: 235 (26%)
Unbuilt: 669 (74%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 545 | 2.29 km² | 5.9% |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 162 | 0.12 km² | 82.1% |
| Kernzone | 58 | 0.02 km² | 75.9% |
| Wald | 33 | 0.55 km² | 3.0% |
| Verkehrsfläche Strasse | 31 | 0.04 km² | 0.0% |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 28 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| Anschlusszone an Kernzone | 26 | 0.01 km² | 65.4% |
| Reservezone Wohnzone, Mischzone, Kernzone und Zentrumszone | 6 | 0.01 km² | 33.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 6 | 0.02 km² | 83.3% |
| Uferschutzzone | 5 | < 0.01 km² | 20.0% |
| Reservezone Arbeiten | 3 | 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
| Gewässer | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 312 buildings with 256 dwellings here; 171 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 312
- Dwellings
- 256
- Single-family houses
- 171
- Building volume
- 266’918 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Grindel
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Grindel. 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.