Recherswil

Recherswil
Recherswil village
Coat of arms
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Location of Recherswil
Coordinates: 47°10′N 7°36′E / 47.167°N 7.600°E / 47.167; 7.600Coordinates: 47°10′N 7°36′E / 47.167°N 7.600°E / 47.167; 7.600
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Wasseramt
Area
• Total	3.37 km2 (1.30 sq mi)
Elevation	458 m (1,503 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,826
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal code	4565
SFOS number	2530
Surrounded by	Halten, Heinrichswil-Winistorf, Koppigen (BE), Kriegstetten, Obergerlafingen, Willadingen (BE)
Website	www.recherswil.ch SFSO statistics

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

Recherswil is first mentioned in 1278 as Richirswile.

Recherswil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.37 square kilometers (1.30 sq mi). Of this area, 1.86 km² (0.72 sq mi) or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.74 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 22.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 20.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.1%. Out of the forested land, 20.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.6% is used for growing crops and 9.2% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, between the Emme and Oesch rivers.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Ploughshare Sable between two Mullets Or in chief.

Recherswil has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,826. As of 2008^[update], 8.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 1.4%. It has changed at a rate of 0.5% due to migration and at a rate of -0.2% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,518 or 95.7%), with Italian being second most common (34 or 2.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (9 or 0.6%). There are 3 people who speak French and 1 person who speaks Romansh.