Dorneck (district)
Dorneck District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the north of the canton. Together with Thierstein District, it forms the Amtei (electoral district) of Dorneck-Thierstein. It has a population of 20,313 (as of 31 December 2015). Five of the district's eleven municipalities are exclaves, either within the canton of Basel-Country or bordering France.
Dorneck District contains the following municipalities:
On 1 January 1986 the municipality of Hofstetten (SO) changed its name to Hofstetten-Flüh.
Dorneck has an area, as of 2009[update], of 74.64 square kilometers (28.82 sq mi). Of this area, 32.99 km2 (12.74 sq mi) or 44.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.89 km2 (12.70 sq mi) or 44.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi) or 11.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.13 km2 (32 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 41.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.8% is used for growing crops, while 6.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the district is flowing water.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent two Fish-hooks inverted and addorsed Sable.
Dorneck has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 20,313
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (16,601 or 92.3%), with Italian being second most common (245 or 1.4%) and French being third (234 or 1.3%). There are 9 people who speak Romansh.
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