Kriegstetten

Geschichte

Kriegstetten is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryKriegstetten is first mentioned in 1256 as Krechsteiten and as Kriechsteiten.GeographyKriegstetten has an area, of 1.14km2. Of this area, 0.5km2 or 43.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.1km2 or 8.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.53km2 or 46.5% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 26.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 14.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.6% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 7.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 34.2% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is the capital of the Wasseramt district. It is located on the eastern edge of the Gerlafinger plain.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or three Linden Leaves slipped Vert.DemographicsKriegstetten has a population of., 7.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.8%. It has changed at a rate of 9% due to migration and at a rate of 1.4% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks German (1,077 or 95.6%), with Italian being second most common (11 or 1.0%) and French being third (9 or 0.8%).