Zuchwil

Sister cities

• Saas-Balen

History

Zuchwil is first mentioned in 1052 as Zuchwile.

Geography

Zuchwil is located in the Wasseramt district, in a triangle formed by the Aare and Emme rivers and the Bleichenberg / Birchi mountains near Solothurn. The municipality has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 52.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.9% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 9.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 21.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 13.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.6% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 19.2% is used for growing crops and 3.9% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  16,865
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  10,345
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,138
• European badger

  Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,718
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,916
• Alcon Blue

  Maculinea alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1776 · Insecta
  2,841
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  2,715
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  2,586

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