Wolfwil

History

Wolfwil is first mentioned in 1266 as Wolfwiler.

Geography

Wolfwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 28.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 27.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44.8% is used for growing crops and 8.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Gäu district, in the Aaregäu region. It consists of the linear village of Wolfwil and the settlements of Far and Oberer Schweissacher.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  16,433
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  8,789
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  7,359
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,724
• European badger

  Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  2,959
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  2,744
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  2,231
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,224

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