Niedergösgen

History

Niedergösgen is first mentioned in 1294 as Bözzach. In 1308 it was mentioned as Göskon inferior.

Geography

Niedergösgen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 26.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 30.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 6.9% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.8% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 33.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.1% is used for growing crops and 9.9% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Gösgen district, along the Aare river. It consists of the village of Niedergösgen and village section of Mühledorf.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  14,544
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  9,438
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  7,652
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  7,236
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  6,402
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,333
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,756
• Indian Balsam

  Impatiens glandulifera Royle · Magnoliopsida
  3,749

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