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Hubersdorf

Hubersdorf
Blick auf Hubersdorf Mai 2011.jpg
Coat of arms of Hubersdorf
Coat of arms
Hubersdorf is located in Switzerland
Hubersdorf
Hubersdorf
Coordinates: 47°15′N 7°35′E / 47.250°N 7.583°E / 47.250; 7.583Coordinates: 47°15′N 7°35′E / 47.250°N 7.583°E / 47.250; 7.583
Country Switzerland
Canton Solothurn
District Lebern
Area
 • Total 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation 480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 725
 • Density 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal code 4535
SFOS number 2548
Surrounded by Attiswil (BE), Flumenthal, Günsberg, Kammersrohr, Niederwil, Riedholz
Website www.hubersdorf.ch
SFSO statistics

Hubersdorf is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Hubersdorf is first mentioned in 1374 as Huopolstron.

Hubersdorf has an area, as of 2009, of 1.36 square kilometers (0.53 sq mi). Of this area, 0.72 km2 (0.28 sq mi) or 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) or 30.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.21 km2 (0.081 sq mi) or 15.4% 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 12.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 26.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.1% is used for growing crops and 22.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Lebern district, in a small depression near the Siggern river in the Jura Mountains.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules in dexter a Mullet pommed Or and in sinister a Paring Knife Sable palewise.

Hubersdorf has a population (as of December 2015) of 725. As of 2008, 6.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 3%.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (651 or 98.0%), with French being second most common (4 or 0.6%) and Albanian being third (3 or 0.5%).


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