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Olten (district)
Olten District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated around the city of Olten. Together with the Gösgen District, it forms the electoral district of Olten-Gösgen. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Olten District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes On 1 January 1973 the former municipality of Grod merged into the municipality of Gretzenbach.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 Geography Olten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.7% is ei ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schönenwerd
Schönenwerd is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Schönenwerd is first mentioned in 778 as ''Werith''. Geography Schönenwerd has an area, , of . Of this area, or 10.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 41.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.8% 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, 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 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickenbach, Solothurn
Rickenbach is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Rickenbach is first mentioned in 1288 as ''Richenbach''. Geography Rickenbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 31.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 50.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kappel, Switzerland
Kappel is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Kappel is first mentioned in 1260 as ''Capella''. In 1312, it was mentioned as ''Nydern Capellen'' to distinguish it from the village of ''Oberkappelen'', now Kestenholz. Geography Kappel has an area, , of . Of this area, or 32.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% 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 12.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, 46.6% of the total land area is heavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hägendorf
Hägendorf is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Hägendorf is first mentioned in 1036 as ''Hagendorf''. In 1102-03 it was mentioned as ''Haegindorf''. Geography Hägendorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 26.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 57.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.1% 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 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Out of the forested land, 56.1% of the total land area is heavily forested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
