Nunningen

Nunningen
Nunningen village
Coat of arms
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Location of Nunningen
Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°37′E / 47.400°N 7.617°E / 47.400; 7.617Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°37′E / 47.400°N 7.617°E / 47.400; 7.617
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Thierstein
Area
• Total	10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi)
Elevation	621 m (2,037 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,881
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Postal code	4208
SFOS number	2621
Surrounded by	Beinwil, Breitenbach, Bretzwil (BL), Fehren, Himmelried, Lauwil (BL), Meltingen, Seewen, Zullwil
Website	www.nunningen.ch SFSO statistics

Nunningen is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Nunningen is first mentioned in 1152 as Nunningen.

Nunningen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 10.34 square kilometers (3.99 sq mi). Of this area, 4.28 km² (1.65 sq mi) or 41.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.12 km² (1.98 sq mi) or 49.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.88 km² (0.34 sq mi) or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 47.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.5% is used for growing crops and 33.9% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Thierstein district. It consists of the village of Nunningen and the hamlets of Engi mit Mühle and Roderis.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Sable and Argent two Staffs fleury conterchanged in saltire.

Nunningen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,881. As of 2008^[update], 7.7% 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 -0.6% due to migration and at a rate of 0.3% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,750 or 95.0%), with Albanian being second most common (30 or 1.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (10 or 0.5%). There are 8 people who speak French and 1 person who speaks Romansh.