Deitingen

Deitingen
Deitingen village
Coat of arms
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Location of Deitingen
Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°37′E / 47.217°N 7.617°E / 47.217; 7.617Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°37′E / 47.217°N 7.617°E / 47.217; 7.617
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Wasseramt
Area
• Total	7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,215
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Postal code	4543
SFOS number	2516
Surrounded by	Derendingen, Flumenthal, Luterbach, Riedholz, Subingen, Wangen an der Aare (BE), Wangenried (BE)
Website	www.deitingen.ch SFSO statistics

Deitingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Deitingen is first mentioned in 1244 as Teytingen. In 1252 it was mentioned as Tuetingen.

Deitingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 7.64 square kilometers (2.95 sq mi). Of this area, 3.98 km² (1.54 sq mi) or 52.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.71 km² (0.66 sq mi) or 22.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9 km² (0.73 sq mi) or 24.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 8.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, along the Oesch river near the Aare river and the A1 motorway. It consists of the village of Deitingen and the hamlets of Burg, Wilihof as well as the abandoned settlement of Marchstetten.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent two Horse Heads Sable issuant addorsed and of the same a Harrow of the first.

Deitingen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 2,215. As of 2008^[update], 9.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 7.5%. It has changed at a rate of 5.4% due to migration and at a rate of 0.8% due to births and deaths.