Winznau

Coat of arms

Winznau

Location of Winznau

Coordinates: 47°22′N 7°56′E / 47.367°N 7.933°ECoordinates: 47°22′N 7°56′E / 47.367°N 7.933°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.94 km² (1.52 sq mi)

Elevation

403 m (1,322 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,820

• Density

460/km² (1,200/sq mi)

Postal code

4652

SFOS number

2501

Surrounded by

Dulliken, Lostorf, Obergösgen, Olten, Trimbach

Website

www.winznau.ch
SFSO statistics

Winznau is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Winznau has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.94 square kilometers (1.52 sq mi). Of this area, 1.43 km² (0.55 sq mi) or 36.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.58 km² (0.61 sq mi) or 40.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.78 km² (0.30 sq mi) or 19.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16 km² (0.062 sq mi) or 4.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.6%. Out of the forested land, 38.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 20.8% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures and 1.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Vine Branch with five Leaves and two Vine-shoots Vert.

Winznau has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,820. As of 2008^[update], 11.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -4.3%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,594 or 93.8%), with Albanian being second most common (27 or 1.6%) and Italian being third (25 or 1.5%). There are 10 people who speak French and 1 person who speaks Romansh.

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