Laupersdorf

Geschichte

Laupersdorf is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryLaupersdorf is first mentioned in 968 as Luiperestorf which comes from an 11th Century copy of the earlier document. In 1179 it was mentioned as de Loppestorf.GeographyLaupersdorf has an area, of 15.51km2. Of this area, 7.36km2 or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.23km2 or 46.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9km2 or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 44.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.6% is used for growing crops and 20.3% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 7.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Thal district, in the Dünnern valley. It consists of the linear village of Laupersdorf, the hamlet of Höngen and the Änerholz area with several scattered houses. It is at an altitude of 493m above sea level and lies 3km in the west of Balsthal (capital of the district of Thal). Laupersdorf is built on the southside at the foot of the Brunnersberg mountain chain in the Jura Mountains.