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Wasseramt
Wasseramt District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the south of the canton. Together with the Bucheggberg District, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Wasseramt-Bucheggberg. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Wasseramt District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes *On 1 January 1993 the former municipalities of Heinrichswil and Winistorf merged to form the new municipality of Heinrichswil-Winistorf and Ammannsegg and Lohn merged to form the new municipality of Lohn-Ammannsegg. At the same time, Burgäschi merged into the municipality of Aeschi.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011
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Horriwil
Horriwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Wasseramt (district), Wasseramt in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Solothurn (canton), Solothurn in Switzerland. History Horriwil is first mentioned around 1263-64 as ''C. de Horgenwile''. Geography Horriwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 58.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% 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 9.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of th ...
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Lohn-Ammannsegg
Lohn-Ammannsegg is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The municipality was formed in 1993 when Lohn and Ammannsegg united. History Lohn is first mentioned in 1260 as ''Lon''. Ammannsegg is first mentioned in 1261 as ''Amalzeich''. The ''Einwohnergemeinden'' of Lohn and Ammannsegg merged in 1993 to form the new political municipality Lohn-Ammannsegg. However, the ''Bürgergemeinden'' of the two former municipalities have remained separate.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011


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Lohn-Ammannsegg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.7% is fores ...
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Gerlafingen
Gerlafingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Gerlafingen is first mentioned in 1278 as ''Nidergerolvingen''. Geography Gerlafingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 9.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 82.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 15.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 44.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.7% of the area while ...
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Etziken
Etziken is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Etziken is first mentioned in 1252 as ''Ezzinchon''. In 1342 it was mentioned as ''Ertzenkon''. Geography Etziken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.3% 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 made up 8.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricu ...
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Halten
Halten is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Halten is first mentioned in 1201 as ''Haltun''. In 1274 it was mentioned as ''Halton''. Geography Halten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.6% 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 13.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 20.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small ...
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Derendingen, Switzerland
Derendingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Derendingen is first mentioned in 1264 as ''Teradingen''. Originally an agricultural community, it became a centre of textiles industry in the 1860s. The housing estate ''Elsässli'' is now a monument. Geography Derendingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 32.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.7% and t ...
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Deitingen
Deitingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Deitingen is first mentioned in 1244 as ''Teytingen''. In 1252 it was mentioned as ''Tuetingen''. Geography Deitingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes 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, housing and buildings made up 8.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the a ...
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Bolken
Bolken is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Bolken is first mentioned in 1429 as ''ze Bollikon''. Geography Bolken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.9% 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 5.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 55.2% is used for growing crops and 8.5% is pastures. All the wate ...
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Hüniken
Hüniken is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Hüniken is first mentioned around 1263-64 as ''P. de Hunnechoven''. Geography Hüniken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 77.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% 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 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 55.4% is used for growing crops and 19.8% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards ...
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Biberist
Biberist is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Wasseramt (district), Wasseramt in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Solothurn (canton), Solothurn in Switzerland. History Biberist is first mentioned in 762 as ''Biberussa''. In 1300 Ober- and Unterbiberist were mentioned as ''ze beiden Biberschon''. During the Helvetic Republic it was the capital of the Biberist district. Geography Biberist has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, industrial bu ...
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Aeschi
Aeschi is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Burgäschisee is a lake in the forest on the border with Seeberg. Geography Aeschi has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
After the 2012 merger, the area increased to . Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, all of t ...
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Aeschi SO-blazon
Aeschi is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Burgäschisee is a lake in the forest on the border with Seeberg. Geography Aeschi has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
After the 2012 merger, the area increased to . Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the f ...
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