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Brügglen
Solothurnvillage
Total population
200
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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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
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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Nearby places in Solothurn
- Kyburg-Buchegg0.7 mi away · pop. 338
- Mühledorf SO1 mi away · pop. 347
- Küttigkofen1.1 mi away · pop. 263
- Ichertswil1.1 mi away
- Hessigkofen1.4 mi away · pop. 270
- Brittern1.5 mi away
- Lüterkofen1.6 mi away
- Unterramsern1.7 mi away · pop. 212
- Bibern1.9 mi away · pop. 247
- Lohn-Ammannsegg2.4 mi away · pop. 2,639
- Nennigkofen3 mi away · pop. 480
- Gossliwil3 mi away · pop. 196
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Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 2446
- Wikidata
- Q66993
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771