Zuchwil

Geschichte

Zuchwil is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryZuchwil is first mentioned in 1052 as Zuchwile.GeographyZuchwil has an area, of 4.63km2. Of this area, 1.15km2 or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.89km2 or 19.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.45km2 or 52.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.18km2 or 3.9% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 9.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 21.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 13.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.6% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 19.2% is used for growing crops and 3.9% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, in a triangle formed by the Aare and Emme rivers and the Bleichenberg / Birchi mountains near Solothurn.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Mullet of Five and a Moon increscent Or over a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.DemographicsZuchwil has a population of., 40.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of -3.9%. It has changed at a rate of -0.8% due to migration and at a rate of 1.1% due to births and deaths.