Hofstetten-Flüh

History

Hofstetten-Flüh is first mentioned in 1194 as Huhostetten.

Geography

Hofstetten-Flüh has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 14.1% is used for growing crops and 18.9% is pastures, while 7.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Dorneck district, in the hills south of the Leimen valley. It is part of an exclave of the Canton of Solothurn. It consists of the village of Hofstetten-Flüh and is made up of the villages of Hofstetten and Flüh.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  11,165
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,454
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,368
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,858
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  9,040
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,690
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  8,605
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,360

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany