What is the population of Egerkingen, Solothurn?

Egerkingen has a population of approximately 4,300 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Egerkingen, Solothurn located?

Egerkingen is located in Solothurn, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 47.3225°, 7.7948°.

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Egerkingen

Total population

4,300

Elevation440 m

Land area6.93 km²

Coordinates47.32°, 7.79°

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City facts

Elevation

440 m

Area

6.93 km²

Official website

www.egerkingen.ch

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Overview

Egerkingen is a municipality in the district of Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

History & geography

History

Egerkingen is first mentioned in 1201 as in Egrichen. In 1212 it was mentioned as in Egerchingen.

Geography

Egerkingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 25.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area. Out of the forested land, 48.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.6% is used for growing crops and 5.3% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Gäu district, at the southern foot of the Jura Mountains between Olten and Oensingen.

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Geography

Latitude

47.3225

Longitude

7.7948

Water area

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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

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Notable people from here

Nearby places in Solothurn

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

3.43

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,254

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

146

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Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

rooting shank

Oudemansiella radicata

Many-seeded Goosefoot

Pseudeuophrys lanigera

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr: 2401
Population (Wikidata): 3,683
Wikidata: Q64275

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

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• Wikipedia
• Wikidata
• iNaturalist
• Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
• Wikipedia Pageviews API
• Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
• BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771