Wangen bei Olten
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2586
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wangen bei Olten centerThe parcel data lists 1’762 parcels in Wangen bei Olten, covering 7 km². 75.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 591 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’762
- 1.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 7 km²
- 0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 591 m²
- Canton: 855 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 75.5%
- Canton: 51.6%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1978
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wangen bei Olten
Wangen bei Olten is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn and holds 1.3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.9% of their area. The median parcel in Wangen bei Olten measures 591 m², smaller than the canton median of 855 m². Wangen bei Olten is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 75.5% of its parcels have a building, against 51.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone, zweigeschossig (43.4%), Wohnzone, zweigeschossig Hanglage (22.4%) and Verkehrszone Strasse (7.8%). In total, Wangen bei Olten uses 26 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wangen bei Olten has 1’995 buildings with 2’836 dwellings, 1.4 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (77.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 31.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (23.7% of them), and 24.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1978, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1980).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’331 (75.5%)
Unbuilt: 431 (24.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone, zweigeschossig | 765 | 0.46 km² | 91.8% |
| Wohnzone, zweigeschossig Hanglage | 394 | 0.32 km² | 91.1% |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 137 | 0.21 km² | 0.7% |
| Wohnzone, dreigeschossig | 135 | 0.15 km² | 90.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 86 | 1.43 km² | 33.7% |
| Wald | 34 | 3.60 km² | 11.8% |
| Reservezone | 27 | 0.16 km² | 3.7% |
| Zentrumszone | 26 | 0.02 km² | 53.8% |
| Ortsbildschutzzone | 22 | 0.02 km² | 86.4% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 17 | 0.12 km² | 52.9% |
| Freihaltezone | 14 | 0.08 km² | 35.7% |
| Gewerbe- und Wohnzone | 14 | 0.06 km² | 71.4% |
| Other zones (14 labels) | 91 | 0.33 km² | 61.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’995 buildings with 2’836 dwellings here; 1’004 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’995
- Dwellings
- 2’836
- Single-family houses
- 1’004
- Building volume
- 2.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wangen bei Olten
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wangen bei Olten. 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.