Wasseramt (district)
Wasseramt District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the south of the canton. Together with the Bucheggberg District, it forms the Amtei (electoral district) of Wasseramt-Bucheggberg. It has a population of 49,866 (as of 31 December 2015).
Wasseramt District contains the following municipalities:
Wasseramt has an area, as of 2009[update], of 76.63 square kilometers (29.59 sq mi). Of this area, 36.05 km2 (13.92 sq mi) or 47.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.09 km2 (7.76 sq mi) or 26.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.33 km2 (7.46 sq mi) or 25.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.05 km2 (0.41 sq mi) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 25.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 45.5% is used for growing crops, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the district, 0.3% is in lakes and 1.1% is in rivers and streams.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Bendy sinistery Gules and Argent.
Wasseramt has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 49,866.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (40,267 or 86.9%), with Italian being second most common (1,778 or 3.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (989 or 2.1%). There are 312 people who speak French and 21 people who speak Romansh.
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