Obergösgen

Geschichte

Obergösgen is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryObergösgen is first mentioned in 1161 as Gozequouon. In 1308 it was mentioned as Göskon superior.GeographyObergösgen has an area, of 3.64km2. Of this area, 1.48km2 or 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.07km2 or 29.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.77km2 or 21.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.29km2 or 8.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 28.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 32.1% is used for growing crops and 7.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Gösgen district, along the Aare river. It consists of the village of Obergösgen and the village section of Schachen.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinister Gules a Castle Argent with two towers roofed and topped with a flag each on a triple mount Vert and Argent a Bend wavy Azure.DemographicsObergösgen has a population of., 21.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.7%.