Horriwil

Horriwil
Coat of arms
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Location of Horriwil
Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°37′E / 47.183°N 7.617°E / 47.183; 7.617Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°37′E / 47.183°N 7.617°E / 47.183; 7.617
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Wasseramt
Area
• Total	2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Elevation	455 m (1,493 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	865
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Postal code	4557
SFOS number	2523
Surrounded by	Etziken, Halten, Hersiwil, Hüniken, Oekingen, Subingen
Website	http://www.horriwil.ch SFSO statistics

Horriwil is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Horriwil is first mentioned around 1263-64 as C. de Horgenwile.

Horriwil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.63 square kilometers (1.02 sq mi). Of this area, 1.54 km² (0.59 sq mi) or 58.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.68 km² (0.26 sq mi) or 25.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.36 km² (0.14 sq mi) or 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.5% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, stretching across a gentle plain on the northwest side of the Wasseramt glacial and ground moraine zone. The plain is about 20–30 m (66–98 ft) above the level of the nearby Öschbach.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Bend sinister a Ploughshare Azure.

Horriwil has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 865. As of 2008^[update], 2.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 1.1%. It has changed at a rate of -4% due to migration and at a rate of 4% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (785 or 97.9%), with French being second most common (5 or 0.6%) and Italian being third (4 or 0.5%).