Boningen

Geschichte

Boningen is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryBoningen is first mentioned in 1226 as in villa Bonningen.GeographyBoningen has an area, of 2.78km2. Of this area, 1.06km2 or 38.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.77km2 or 27.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.71km2 or 25.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.26km2 or 9.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 10.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 23.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.6% is used for growing crops and 10.1% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.4% is in lakes and 9.0% is in rivers and streams.The municipality is located in the Olten district, in the Aaregäu between the Aare river and the southern foot of Born mountain. It consists of the village of Boningen and the settlement of Gsteigli.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Pike and an Oar Gules in saltire.DemographicsBoningen has a population of., 12.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.3%.