Fehren

Coat of arms

Fehren

Location of Fehren

Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°35′E / 47.400°N 7.583°ECoordinates: 47°24′N 7°35′E / 47.400°N 7.583°E

Country

Area

• Total

1.48 km² (0.57 sq mi)

Elevation

587 m (1,926 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

610

• Density

410/km² (1,100/sq mi)

Postal code

4232

SFOS number

2616

Surrounded by

Breitenbach, Büsserach, Meltingen, Nunningen, Zullwil

Website

http://www.fehren.ch
SFSO statistics

Fehren is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Fehren is first mentioned in 1371 as der Hofe in Ferren.

Fehren has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 1.48 square kilometers (0.57 sq mi). Of this area, 0.81 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.45 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.23 km² (0.089 sq mi) or 15.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 27.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.5% is used for growing crops and 40.5% is pastures, while 4.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Thierstein district, on the eastern slope above the Breitenbach valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a House Argent roofed Gules between two Pine Trees Vert issuant from as many Mounts of the same.

Fehren has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 610. 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 17.8%. It has changed at a rate of 6.3% due to migration and at a rate of 8.4% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (491 or 96.5%), with French being second most common (9 or 1.8%) and Turkish being third (4 or 0.8%).

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