Wigoltingen

Geography

Wigoltingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.2%. Out of the forested land, 11.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 71.7% is used for growing crops, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.9% is in rivers and streams.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  8,206
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  5,333
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,504
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  4,413
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,748
• Indian Balsam

  Impatiens glandulifera Royle · Magnoliopsida
  3,490
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,370
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,353

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, 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 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany