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Brügglen

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Total population

200

Elevation547 m
Land area1.7 km²
Coordinates47.14°, 7.50°

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City facts

Elevation
547 m
Area
1.7 km²
Official website
www.bruegglen.ch

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Overview

Brügglen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Brügglen, Tscheppach, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, Mühledorf (SO), Küttigkofen, Kyburg-Buchegg merged into the new municipality of Buchegg.

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History & geography

History

Brügglen is first mentioned in 1249 as Bruglon.

Geography

Before the merger, Brügglen had a total area of . Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 35.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.5% is used for growing crops and 25.0% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The former municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district, on a small plateau in the Mittelbucheggberg. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Brügglen.

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Geography

Latitude
47.1427
Longitude
7.4957
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

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

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
11
Avg daily Wikipedia views
0
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
2446
Wikidata
Q66993

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

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