Trimbach, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 47°22′N 7°54′E / 47.367°N 7.900°ECoordinates: 47°22′N 7°54′E / 47.367°N 7.900°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Solothurn | |
| District | Gösgen | |
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Gemeinderat with 5 members |
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| • Mayor |
Gemeindepräsident (list) Karl Tanner SPS/PSS (as of March 2014) |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 419 m (1,375 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2016) | ||
| • Total | 6,553 | |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4632 | |
| SFOS number | 2500 | |
| Surrounded by | Hauenstein-Ifenthal, Lostorf, Olten, Wangen bei Olten, Winznau, Wisen | |
| Website |
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Trimbach is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
Trimbach is first mentioned in 1244 as Trinbach.
Trimbach has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.62 square kilometers (2.94 sq mi). Of this area, 1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi) or 23.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi) or 52.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.81 km2 (0.70 sq mi) or 23.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 50.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.0% is used for growing crops and 17.7% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Gösgen district, between the Aare river and the Hauenstein Pass. It is part of the suburbs of the city of Olten. It consists of the village of Trimbach and the settlements and individual houses of Rumpel, Miesern, Mahrenacker, Erlimoos and Frohburg.
The municipalities of Hauenstein-Ifenthal, Trimbach, Wisen and Olten are considering a merger at a date in the future into the new municipality of with an, as of 2011[update], undetermined name.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper.
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