Dulliken, Switzerland

Geschichte

Dulliken is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryDulliken is first mentioned in 924 as Tullinchova. In 1173 it was mentioned as Tullichon.GeographyDulliken has an area, of 6.06km2. Of this area, 2.33km2 or 38.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.01km2 or 33.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.65km2 or 27.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04km2 or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 31.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 20.1% is used for growing crops and 16.8% 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, on the northern slope of Engelberg mountain. It consists of the village of Dulliken, the settlement of Schachen and farm houses on the mountain.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Jackdaw Sable sitting on a Garland of Leaves Vert.DemographicsDulliken has a population of., 38.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -1.5%.