What is the population of Oensingen, Solothurn?

Oensingen has a population of approximately 6,636 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Oensingen, Solothurn located?

Oensingen is located in Solothurn, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 47.2875°, 7.7110°.

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Oensingen

Total population

6,636

Elevation457 m

Land area12.03 km²

Coordinates47.29°, 7.71°

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City facts

Elevation

457 m

Area

12.03 km²

Official website

www.oensingen.ch

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Overview

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

History & geography

History

Oensingen is first mentioned in 968 as Oingesingin cum ecclesia.

Geography

Oensingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 22.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.2% of the area Out of the forested land, 36.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 31.3% is used for growing crops and 6.7% is pastures and 1.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Gäu district, at the base of the Jura Mountains at the exit of the Balsthal gorge.

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Geography

Latitude

47.2875

Longitude

7.7110

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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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

108

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Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oensingen

Geologische Beschreibung des Kettenjura zwischen Reigoldswill (Baselland) und Oensingen (Solothurn)

Wilhelm Delhaes · 1912

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr: 2407
Population (Wikidata): 6,284
Wikidata: Q65846

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

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