Boningen

Boningen
Coat of arms
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Location of Boningen
Coordinates: 47°19′N 7°52′E / 47.317°N 7.867°E / 47.317; 7.867Coordinates: 47°19′N 7°52′E / 47.317°N 7.867°E / 47.317; 7.867
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Olten
Area
• Total	2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Elevation	410 m (1,350 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	735
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Postal code	4618
SFOS number	2571
Surrounded by	Fulenbach, Gunzgen, Kappel, Murgenthal (AG), Olten, Rothrist (AG)
Website	www.boningen.ch SFSO statistics

Boningen is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Boningen is first mentioned in 1226 as in villa Bonningen.

Boningen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.78 square kilometers (1.07 sq mi). Of this area, 1.06 km² (0.41 sq mi) or 38.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi) or 27.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.71 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 25.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.26 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 9.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 10.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 23.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.6% is used for growing crops and 10.1% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.4% is in lakes and 9.0% is in rivers and streams.

The municipality is located in the Olten district, in the Aaregäu between the Aare river and the southern foot of Born mountain. It consists of the village of Boningen and the settlement of Gsteigli.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Pike and an Oar Gules in saltire.

Boningen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 735. As of 2008^[update], 12.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.3%.