page_title: Schönenwerd
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Schönenwerd / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Stahlstich des Stifts Schönenwerd (Kanton Solothurn, Schweiz) an der Aare, um 1860. Die Bildunterschrift spricht fälschlicherweise von einem "Kloster" und gibt den falschen Kanton (Aargau) an. English: Steel engraving depicting the chapter of Schönenwerd (Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland) on the river Aar, around 1860. The legend wrongly mentions a "Kloster" (monastery), also states the wrong canton (Aargau).
context_page_description: Schönenwerd is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Schönenwerd has an area, as of 2009, of 3.73 square kilometers (1.44 sq mi).  Of this area, 0.39 km² (0.15 sq mi) or 10.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.61 km² (0.62 sq mi) or 43.2% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 1.55 km² (0.60 sq mi) or 41.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.18 km² (0.069 sq mi) or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 20.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.7%.  Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.3%.  Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 4.6% is used for growing crops and 5.6% is pastures.  Of the water in the municipality, 0.5% is in lakes and 4.3% is in rivers and streams.
  The municipality is located in the Olten district.  The village stretches from the collegiate church of St. Leodegar on a hill down toward the Aare river.
caption: Schönenwerd Abbey (1850)
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