Wisen

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Wisen

Location of Wisen

Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°53′E / 47.400°N 7.883°ECoordinates: 47°24′N 7°53′E / 47.400°N 7.883°E

Country

Area

• Total

4.78 km² (1.85 sq mi)

Elevation

682 m (2,238 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

404

• Density

85/km² (220/sq mi)

Postal code

4634

SFOS number

2502

Surrounded by

Häfelfingen (BL), Hauenstein-Ifenthal, Läufelfingen (BL), Lostorf, Trimbach, Zeglingen (BL)

Website

www.wisen.ch
SFSO statistics

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

Wisen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.78 square kilometers (1.85 sq mi). Of this area, 2.59 km² (1.00 sq mi) or 54.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.92 km² (0.74 sq mi) or 40.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.29 km² (0.11 sq mi) or 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 36.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.2% is used for growing crops and 36.6% is pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 7.1% is used for alpine pastures.

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 Paly of four Gules and Or overall an Eagle displayed Azure.

Wisen has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 404. As of 2008^[update], 2.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 1.7%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (411 or 97.9%), with Romansh being second most common (3 or 0.7%) and Romansh being third (3 or 0.7%).

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