Gösgen (district)
Gösgen District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, situated to the northeast of the canton. Together with the Olten District, Gösgen forms the electoral district of Olten-Gösgen. It has a population of 24,031 (as of 31 December 2015).
Gösgen District contains the following municipalities:
On 1 January 2006 the former municipalities of Obererlinsbach and Niedererlinsbach merged to form the new municipality of Erlinsbach.
Gösgen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 68.8 square kilometers (26.6 sq mi). Of this area, 28.22 km2 (10.90 sq mi) or 41.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.56 km2 (11.41 sq mi) or 43.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.84 km2 (3.80 sq mi) or 14.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi) or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 40.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.2% is used for growing crops, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the district is flowing water.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinister Gules and Argent.
Gösgen has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 24,031.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (19,540 or 88.0%), with Italian being second most common (798 or 3.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (390 or 1.8%). There are 130 people who speak French and 24 people who speak Romansh.
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