Aedermannsdorf

Aedermannsdorf
Aedermannsdorf village
Coat of arms
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Location of Aedermannsdorf
Coordinates: 47°18′N 7°37′E / 47.300°N 7.617°E / 47.300; 7.617Coordinates: 47°18′N 7°37′E / 47.300°N 7.617°E / 47.300; 7.617
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Thal
Area
• Total	12.88 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Elevation	531 m (1,742 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	549
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Postal code	4714
SFOS number	2421
Surrounded by	Beinwil, Farnern (BE), Herbetswil, Matzendorf, Mümliswil-Ramiswil, Rumisberg (BE), Schelten (BE), Seehof (BE), Vermes (JU)
Website	www.aedermannsdorf.ch SFSO statistics

Aedermannsdorf is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Aedermannsdorf is first mentioned in 1308 as Odermarstorf.

Aedermannsdorf has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 12.88 square kilometers (4.97 sq mi). Of this area, 6.37 km² (2.46 sq mi) or 49.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.01 km² (2.32 sq mi) or 46.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.47 km² (0.18 sq mi) or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 43.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 11.6% is used for growing crops and 13.1% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 23.7% is used for alpine pastures.

The municipality is located in the Thal district. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Aedermannsdorf in the Dünnern river valley (German: Dünnerntal).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent an Angle Plate Gules in bend sinister.

Aedermannsdorf has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 549. As of 2008^[update], 2.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0.9%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (529 or 97.4%), with Albanian being second most common (6 or 1.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (5 or 0.9%). There is 1 person who speaks French and 1 person who speaks Romansh.