Mümliswil-Ramiswil

Geschichte

Mümliswil-Ramiswil is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryMümliswil is first mentioned in 1145 as Mumliswilre and Mumliswilere. In 1194 it was mentioned as Mumeliswile. Ramiswil was first mentioned in 1147 as Rammolswlare, while in 1152 it was mentioned as Rammolswilare.GeographyMümliswil-Ramiswil has an area, of 35.53km2. Of this area, 17.89km2 or 50.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.03km2 or 45.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.47km2 or 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 41.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.9% is used for growing crops and 27.5% is pastures and 19.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Thal district, in the Gulden valley between the second and third Jura mountain chains. It sits on the route over the Passwang Pass, the Wasserfallen crossing and the Schelten Pass. The municipality covers the entire Gulden valley, as well as the Lobisei canyon, which connects to the Balsthal valley. It is largest municipality, in terms of area, in the Canton of Solothurn. It consists of the villages of Mümliswil and Ramiswil as well a number of hamlets and individual farm houses.