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Thierstein (district)
Thierstein District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the north of the canton. Together with the Dorneck District, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Dorneck-Thierstein. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Thierstein District contains twelve municipalities, with Kleinlützel existing as an exclave. Geography Thierstein has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland (german: Kanton; french: canton ; it, cantone; Sursilvan and Surmiran: ; Vallader and Puter: ; Sutsilvan: ; Rumantsch Grischun: ) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the . Two important periods in the development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms ('Eight Cantons'; from 1353–1481) and ('Thirteen Cantons', from 1513–1798).rendered "the 'confederacy of eight'" and "the 'Thirteen-Canton Confederation'", respectively, in: Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or ('estate', from ), was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of centralised government during the Helvetic Republic ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erschwil
Erschwil is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Erschwil was first mentioned in 1147 as ''Hergiswilre''. Geography Erschwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 57.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings make up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure makes up 3.0%. Out of the forested land, 54.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zullwil
Zullwil is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Geography Zullwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 43.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.3% is used for growing crops and 31.3% is pastures, while 4.9% is used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunningen
Nunningen is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Nunningen is first mentioned in 1152 as ''Nunningen''. Geography Nunningen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 47.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meltingen
Meltingen is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Meltingen is first mentioned in 1302 as ''Meltingen''. Geography Meltingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 54.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 50.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.7% is used for growing crops and 30.6% is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himmelried
Himmelried is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Himmelried is first mentioned in 1288 as ''in villa Heimenriet''. Geography Himmelried has an area, , of . Of this area, or 30.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 58.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 56.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small cluster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindel, Switzerland
Grindel (french: Grandelle) is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Grindel is first mentioned in 1147 as ''Crindil''. Geography Grindel has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 43.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
