Aetingen

Aetingen
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Aetingen
Coordinates: 47°8′N 7°30′E / 47.133°N 7.500°E / 47.133; 7.500Coordinates: 47°8′N 7°30′E / 47.133°N 7.500°E / 47.133; 7.500
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Bucheggberg
Area
• Total	2.83 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Elevation	480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (Dec 2011)
• Total	300
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Postal code	4587
SFOS number	2442
Surrounded by	Bätterkinden (BE), Brügglen, Kyburg-Buchegg, Limpach (BE), Mühledorf, Unterramsern
Website	www.buchegg-so.ch SFSO statistics

Aetingen is a former municipality in the district of Bucheggberg in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Aetingen, Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, Mühledorf (SO), Küttigkofen, Kyburg-Buchegg merged into the new municipality of Buchegg.

Aetingen is first mentioned in 1267 as Etinge.

Before the merger, Aetingen had a total area of 2.9 km² (1.1 sq mi). Of this area, 1.2 km² (0.46 sq mi) or 42.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.21 km² (0.47 sq mi) or 42.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4 km² (0.15 sq mi) or 14.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 28.6% is used for growing crops and 13.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The former municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district, in the Limpach valley along the southern flank of the Bucheggberg. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Aetingen and the settlement of Brittern.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinister Sable a Semi Lion issuant rampant Or and Argent a Bend of the first.