Neuendorf (Soleure)

Geschichte

Neuendorf is a municipality in the district of Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryNeuendorf is first mentioned in 1417 as Núwen Dorff.GeographyNeuendorf has an area, of 7.16km2. Of this area, 3.51km2 or 49.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.37km2 or 33.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.24km2 or 17.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.3% is used for growing crops and 5.2% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Gäu district, near the Dünnern river. It consists of the linear village of Neuendorf.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Cross pattee couped Argent.DemographicsNeuendorf has a population of., 9.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9.1%.Most of the population speaks German (1,733 or 96.5%), with Albanian being second most common (14 or 0.8%) and Italian being third (11 or 0.6%). There are 8 people who speak French.