Heinrichswil-Winistorf
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 47°9′N 7°38′E / 47.150°N 7.633°ECoordinates: 47°9′N 7°38′E / 47.150°N 7.633°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Solothurn | |
| District | Wasseramt | |
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| • Total | 3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 475 m (1,558 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2011) | ||
| • Total | 530 | |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4558 | |
| SFOS number | 2521 | |
| Surrounded by | Aeschi, Halten, Hellsau (BE), Hersiwil, Höchstetten (BE), Recherswil, Seeberg (BE), Willadingen (BE) | |
| Website | SFSO statistics |
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Heinrichswil-Winistorf is a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The municipality was formed from the 1993 union of Heinrichswil and Winistorf. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Heinrichswil-Winistorf and Hersiwil merged to form the new municipality of Drei Höfe.
Heinrichswil is first mentioned in 1317 as Cristan von Heinrichswile. It formed a double municipality with Heriswil until 1798, and until 1854 it was part of the triple municipality of Heinrichswil-Hersiwil-Winistorf.
Heinrichswil-Winistorf had an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.13 square kilometers (1.21 sq mi). Of this area, 1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi) or 50.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) or 40.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 8.0% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.5% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures, while 3.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The former municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, on a hill built up from a moraine on the road between Halten and Seeberg. It consists of the villages of Heinrichswil and Winistorf.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Chevrony of four Vert and Argent overall on a Pale Sable a Corn Ear Or.
Heinrichswil-Winistorf had a population (as of 2011[update]) of 530. As of 2008[update], 4.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.3%. It has changed at a rate of 6.1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.6% due to births and deaths.
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