Oekingen

Geschichte

Oekingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryOekingen is first mentioned in 1263 as Otechingen.GeographyOekingen has an area, of 2.4km2. Of this area, 1.53km2 or 63.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.6km2 or 25.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.32km2 or 13.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.4%. Out of the forested land, 23.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 48.3% is used for growing crops and 14.2% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, along the Oesch river. It consists of the linear village of Oekingen.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Horse Argent running above a Base Vert.DemographicsOekingen has a population of., 4.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.7%. It has changed at a rate of 2.5% due to migration and at a rate of 3.6% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks German (641 or 97.4%), with Portuguese being second most common (8 or 1.2%) and French being third (4 or 0.6%).