Editing Solothurn (section)

==Geography==
[[File:ETH-BIB-Solothurn-LBS H1-009731.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1947)]]
Solothurn has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|6.28|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|1.42|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 22.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|0.17|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 2.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|4.37|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 69.6% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.33|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 5.3% is either rivers or lakes.<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 38.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 17.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.9% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.5%. Out of the forested land, 0.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.2% is used for growing crops and 7.0% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.<ref name=BFS_land/>

Solothurn is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein [[Jura mountains]].

The municipalities of [[Biberist]], [[Derendingen, Switzerland|Derendingen]], [[Luterbach]], [[Bellach]], [[Langendorf, Switzerland|Langendorf]] and Solothurn are considering a merger at a date in the future into the new municipality of with an, {{as of|2011|lc=on}}, undetermined name.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 17 February 2011</ref>