Ruswil

Sister cities

• Pfarrkirchen

Geography

Ruswil has an area of . Of this area, 72.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 20.94% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 68.4% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.18% is covered with buildings, 0.35% is industrial, 0.4% is classed as special developments, 0.13% is parks or greenbelts and 2.12% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.15% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.02% is other unproductive land.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,535
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,260
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  2,985
• Ringlet

  Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,604
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,565
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,428
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,394
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  2,276

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 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland