Däniken

Geschichte

Däniken is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryDäniken is first mentioned in 1273 as de Tennikon. In 1317 it was mentioned as de Tennenkon and in 1423 it was von Taennikon.GeographyDäniken has an area, of 5.41km2. Of this area, 1.75km2 or 32.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.85km2 or 34.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.69km2 or 31.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05km2 or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 or 0.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 32.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.2% is used for growing crops and 11.6% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Olten district, along the Aare river. It consists of the village sections of Eich, Neu-Däniken and Hagnau.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Ploughshare Argent.DemographicsDäniken has a population of., 17.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 2.4%.