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Boningen

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Boningen

Total population

729

Coordinates47.31°, 7.86°

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City facts

Overview

Boningen is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

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History & geography

History

Boningen is first mentioned in 1226 as in villa Bonningen.

Geography

Boningen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 38.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 25.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 9.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 10.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 23.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.6% is used for growing crops and 10.1% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.4% is in lakes and 9.0% is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located in the Olten district, in the Aaregäu between the Aare river and the southern foot of Born mountain. It consists of the village of Boningen and the settlement of Gsteigli.

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Geography

Latitude
47.3062
Longitude
7.8552
Water area
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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.43
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,254

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
27
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
2571
Population (Wikidata)
772
Wikidata
Q65606

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771