Walterswil, Solothurn

Walterswil
Walterswil village and church
Coat of arms
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Location of Walterswil
Coordinates: 47°20′N 7°58′E / 47.333°N 7.967°E / 47.333; 7.967Coordinates: 47°20′N 7°58′E / 47.333°N 7.967°E / 47.333; 7.967
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Olten
Area
• Total	4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi)
Elevation	465 m (1,526 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	692
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Postal code	5746
SFOS number	2585
Surrounded by	Däniken, Dulliken, Gretzenbach, Oftringen (AG), Safenwil (AG)
Website	www.walterswil.ch SFSO statistics

Walterswil is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Walterswil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.48 square kilometers (1.73 sq mi). Of this area, 2.39 km² (0.92 sq mi) or 53.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.62 km² (0.63 sq mi) or 36.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.48 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 10.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 31.7% is used for growing crops and 19.2% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules and Argent a Bend counterchanged and in the second a Juniper Branch proper.

Walterswil has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 692. As of 2008^[update], 5.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -0.4%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (621 or 98.3%), with French being second most common (2 or 0.3%) and English being third (2 or 0.3%).