Egerkingen

Geschichte

Egerkingen is a municipality in the district of Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryEgerkingen is first mentioned in 1201 as in Egrichen. In 1212 it was mentioned as in Egerchingen.GeographyEgerkingen has an area, of 6.94km2. Of this area, 1.72km2 or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.44km2 or 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.74km2 or 25.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out of the forested land, 48.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.6% is used for growing crops and 5.3% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Gäu district, at the southern foot of the Jura Mountains between Olten and Oensingen.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure two Fir Trees issuant from as many Mounts all Vert between three Fleurs-de-lis or the middle one inverted.