Hofstetten-Flüh

Hofstetten-Flüh
Street in Flüh and church of Hofstetten
Coat of arms
Hofstetten-Flüh Show map of Switzerland Hofstetten-Flüh Show map of Canton of Solothurn
Location of Hofstetten-Flüh
Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°31′E / 47.483°N 7.517°E / 47.483; 7.517Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°31′E / 47.483°N 7.517°E / 47.483; 7.517
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Dorneck
Government
• Mayor	Deborah Fischer-Ahr
Area
• Total	7.52 km2 (2.90 sq mi)
Elevation	462 m (1,516 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	3,162
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Postal code	4114 (Hofstetten) & 4112 (Flüh)
SFOS number	2476
Surrounded by	Bättwil, Blauen (BL), Ettingen (BL), Leymen (FR-68), Metzerlen-Mariastein, Witterswil
Website	www.hofstettenflueh.ch SFSO statistics

Hofstetten-Flüh (Swiss German: Hufstette-Flüe) is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Hofstetten-Flüh is first mentioned in 1194 as Huhostetten.

Hofstetten-Flüh has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 7.52 square kilometers (2.90 sq mi). Of this area, 3.04 km² (1.17 sq mi) or 40.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.36 km² (1.30 sq mi) or 44.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.11 km² (0.43 sq mi) or 14.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 14.1% is used for growing crops and 18.9% is pastures, while 7.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Dorneck district, in the hills south of the Leimen valley. It is part of an exclave of the Canton of Solothurn. It consists of the village of Hofstetten-Flüh and is made up of the villages of Hofstetten and Flüh.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent two Pales Gules and in a Chief of the same a Mullet of the first.

Hofstetten-Flüh has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,162. As of 2008^[update], 13.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.7%.