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Boswil
Aargauvillage
Total population
2,500
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a village in Aargau, Switzerland, Boswil occupies its own corner of the country. Population sits at roughly 2,500 according to the open data we track. The settlement sits at 47.300°, 8.314°, a temperate location in the northern hemisphere. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,240 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 49% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Detailed open-data panels follow, covering demographics, climate, geography, wildlife and nearby settlements.
Summary composed automatically from structured open data on this page. See our Terms for details.
History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida16,087
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta12,043
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta11,754
- European roe deerCapreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia10,973
- red foxVulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia7,822
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves6,721
- bow-winged grasshopperChorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta6,296
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves6,063
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.7 — 2026-04-264 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
- M 4.1 — 2025-07-214 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
- M 3.5 — 2024-06-271 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
- M 4.2 — 2024-06-042 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
- M 3.9 — 2022-09-101 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
- M 3.8 — 2022-09-012 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Aargau
- Kallern1.4 mi away · pop. 264
- Besenbüren1.6 mi away · pop. 496
- Althäusern2.2 mi away
- Buttwil2.3 mi away · pop. 1,105
- Bettwil2.4 mi away · pop. 576
- Waltenschwil2.4 mi away · pop. 2,029
- Aristau2.5 mi away
- Rottenschwil2.5 mi away · pop. 806
- Hermetschwil-Staffeln2.5 mi away · pop. 1,087
- Aristau2.6 mi away · pop. 1,197
- Birri2.8 mi away
- Fahrwangen3.4 mi away · pop. 1,653
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 4228
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,837
- Wikidata
- Q65222
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771