Bellach

Geschichte

Bellach is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryBellach is first mentioned in 1294 as Bella. In 1307 it was mentioned as Bellacho.GeographyBellach has an area, of 5.27km2. Of this area, 2.5km2 or 47.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.77km2 or 14.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.76km2 or 33.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.22km2 or 4.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 16.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area Out of the forested land, 12.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 35.1% is used for growing crops and 10.6% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.8% is in lakes and 3.4% is in rivers and streams.The municipality is located in the Lebern district, in the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains, west of Solothurn. It consists of the former villages of Ober-Bellach, Nieder-Bellach and Gärisch, which have all grown together. The municipalities of Biberist, Derendingen, Luterbach, Bellach, Langendorf and Solothurn are considering a merger at a date in the future into the new municipality of with an, undetermined name.