Nunningen

History

Nunningen is first mentioned in 1152 as Nunningen.

Geography

Nunningen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 47.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.5% is used for growing crops and 33.9% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Thierstein district. It consists of the village of Nunningen and the hamlets of Engi mit Mühle and Roderis.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  12,860
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  9,666
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  6,673
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  6,546
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,107
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,938
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,733
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  4,484

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 4.2 — 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
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France