Rodersdorf

Rodersdorf
Rodersdorf village church
Coat of arms
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Location of Rodersdorf
Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°27′E / 47.483°N 7.450°E / 47.483; 7.450Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°27′E / 47.483°N 7.450°E / 47.483; 7.450
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Dorneck
Area
• Total	5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi)
Elevation	391 m (1,283 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,332
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Postal code	4118
SFOS number	2479
Surrounded by	Biederthal (FR-68), Leymen (FR-68), Liebenswiller (FR-68), Metzerlen-Mariastein, Oltingue (FR-68)
Website	www.rodersdorf.ch SFSO statistics

Rodersdorf is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, on the border to Alsace, France.

Rodersdorf is first mentioned in 1226 as Ratolsdorf. In 1349 it was mentioned as Roderstorff.

Rodersdorf has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 5.34 square kilometers (2.06 sq mi). Of this area, 2.9 km² (1.1 sq mi) or 54.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.63 km² (0.63 sq mi) or 30.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.76 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 28.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.9% is used for growing crops and 9.9% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Dorneck district, in the upper Leimen valley. The municipality is located in an exclave of the Canton of Solothurn, bordered by Basel-Country and Alsace.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules and Argent two Fishes embowed addorsed counterchanged.

Rodersdorf has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,332. As of 2008^[update], 8.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -1.6%.