Küttigen

History

Küttigen is first mentioned in 1036 as Chutingen though this comes from a 14th Century copy of the original. In 1045 it was mentioned as Chutingun.

Geography

Küttigen has an area, , of . Of this area, 36% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Aarau district between the Aare river and the Jura Mountains. It consists of the village of Küttigen and the hamlet of Horen.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  16,126
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  8,535
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  8,337
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  8,314
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  7,321
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  6,622
• bow-winged grasshopper

  Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,987
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,944

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• 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 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• 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