Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen is a

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in the district of Bucheggberg, in the

canton of Solothurn The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure (; ; ; ) is a Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn. History The village of ''Salodurum'' was founded in the time of t ...

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. On 1 January 2013,

Lüsslingen Lüsslingen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013, Lüsslingen and Nennigkofen merged to form Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen.Nennigkofen Nennigkofen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013, Lüsslingen and Nennigkofen merged to form Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013

History

Lüsslingen is first mentioned in 1251 as ''in Luslingen''. Nennigkofen is first mentioned in 1392 as ''Nennikofen'' or ''Nennikoven''.

Geography

The former municipalities that make up Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen had an area of . Lüsslingen had an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 6.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 The former municipality is located on the northern slope of Bucheggberg mountain. It is the closest municipality to

Solothurn Solothurn ( ; ; ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains. The town is ...

in the Bucheggberg district. Nennigkofen had an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. The former municipality is located in the Bucheggberger

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valley.

Climate

Characterized by equable climates with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months. The

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subtype for this climate is "

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". (Marine West Coast Climate).

Demographics

The total population of Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen () is .

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000
accessed 29 January 2011 Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:500 PlotArea = top:10 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1100 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:40 start:0 Colors= id:LU value:yellowgreen legend:Lüsslingen id:NE value:green legend:Nennigkofen PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:254 text:"254" color:LU bar:1860 from: 0 till:259 text:"259" color:LU bar:1870 from: 0 till:243 text:"243" color:LU bar:1880 from: 0 till:246 text:"246" color:LU bar:1890 from: 0 till:262 text:"262" color:LU bar:1900 from: 0 till:264 text:"264" color:LU bar:1910 from: 0 till:302 text:"302" color:LU bar:1920 from: 0 till:363 text:"363" color:LU bar:1930 from: 0 till:396 text:"396" color:LU bar:1940 from: 0 till:436 text:"436" color:LU bar:1950 from: 0 till:491 text:"491" color:LU bar:1960 from: 0 till:604 text:"604" color:LU bar:1970 from: 0 till:516 text:"516" color:LU bar:1980 from: 0 till:461 text:"461" color:LU bar:1990 from: 0 till:483 text:"483" color:LU bar:2000 from: 0 till:445 text:"445" color:LU bar:1850 from: 254 till:660 text:"406" color:NE bar:1860 from: 259 till:646 text:"387" color:NE bar:1870 from: 243 till:645 text:"402" color:NE bar:1880 from: 246 till:635 text:"389" color:NE bar:1890 from: 262 till:663 text:"401" color:NE bar:1900 from: 264 till:697 text:"433" color:NE bar:1910 from: 302 till:749 text:"447" color:NE bar:1920 from: 363 till:813 text:"450" color:NE bar:1930 from: 396 till:822 text:"426" color:NE bar:1940 from: 436 till:843 text:"407" color:NE bar:1950 from: 491 till:955 text:"464" color:NE bar:1960 from: 604 till:1078 text:"474" color:NE bar:1970 from: 516 till:950 text:"434" color:NE bar:1980 from: 461 till:867 text:"406" color:NE bar:1990 from: 483 till:924 text:"441" color:NE bar:2000 from: 445 till:925 text:"480" color:NE

References

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