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Wasseramt District

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Etziken

Etziken is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Etziken is first mentioned in 1252 as Ezzinchon. In 1342 it was mentioned as Ertzenkon. Etziken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.

Gerlafingen

Gerlafingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Gerlafingen is first mentioned in 1278 as Nidergerolvingen. Gerlafingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 9.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 82.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 15.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 44.

Halten

Halten is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Halten is first mentioned in 1201 as Haltun. In 1274 it was mentioned as Halton. Halten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 13.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.

Hersiwil

Hersiwil is a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Heinrichswil-Winistorf and Hersiwil merged to form the new municipality of Drei Höfe. Hersiwil is first mentioned in 1324 as Hersenwile. It formed a double municipality with Heinrichswil until 1798, when Winistorf joined the other two to form the triple municipality of Hersiwil-Heinrichswil-Winistorf. In 1854 it split into three, separate, independent municipalities.

Horriwil

Horriwil is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Horriwil is first mentioned around 1263-64 as C. de Horgenwile. Horriwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or, 58.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built-up area, housing and buildings made up 9.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.

Hüniken

Hüniken is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Hüniken is first mentioned around 1263-64 as P. de Hunnechoven. Hüniken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 77.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.

Kriegstetten

Kriegstetten is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Kriegstetten is first mentioned in 1256 as Krechsteiten and as Kriechsteiten. Kriegstetten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 8.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 46.5% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 26.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 14.9%.

Obergerlafingen

Obergerlafingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Obergerlafingen is first mentioned in 1278 as Oburgeroluingen. Obergerlafingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 32.2% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 21.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.

Oekingen

Oekingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Oekingen is first mentioned in 1263 as Otechingen. Oekingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 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.

Recherswil

Recherswil is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt, in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Recherswil is first mentioned in 1278 as Richirswile. Recherswil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 20.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.