Recherswil
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2530
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Recherswil centerThe parcel data lists 1’034 parcels in Recherswil, covering 3.4 km². 66.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 782 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’034
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.4 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 782 m²
- Canton: 855 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 66.6%
- Canton: 51.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1985
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Recherswil
Recherswil 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 Recherswil measures 782 m², about the same as the canton median of 855 m². Recherswil is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 66.6% of its parcels have a building, against 51.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (55.4%), Landwirtschaftszone (15.3%) and Verkehrszone Strasse (7.9%). In total, Recherswil uses 16 zone designations.
According to the building register, Recherswil has 1’044 buildings with 1’032 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (81.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 37.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (26.7% of them), and 28.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1985, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 689 (66.6%)
Unbuilt: 345 (33.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 573 | 0.41 km² | 93.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 158 | 1.83 km² | 14.6% |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 82 | 0.08 km² | 2.4% |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 57 | 0.05 km² | 89.5% |
| Wald | 52 | 0.68 km² | 7.7% |
| Kernzone Erhaltung 2-geschossig | 35 | 0.03 km² | 91.4% |
| Industriezone | 19 | 0.05 km² | 84.2% |
| Verkehrsfläche Strasse | 11 | 0.10 km² | 9.1% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 11 | 0.03 km² | 54.5% |
| Gewerbezone mit Wohnen | 8 | 0.02 km² | 75.0% |
| Uferschutzzone | 8 | < 0.01 km² | 25.0% |
| Kernzone Entwicklung 4-geschossig | 7 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| Other zones (4 labels) | 13 | 0.04 km² | 46.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’044 buildings with 1’032 dwellings here; 507 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’044
- Dwellings
- 1’032
- Single-family houses
- 507
- Building volume
- 915’982 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Recherswil
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Recherswil. 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.