Witterswil

Witterswil
Coat of arms
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Location of Witterswil
Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°31′E / 47.483°N 7.517°E / 47.483; 7.517Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°31′E / 47.483°N 7.517°E / 47.483; 7.517
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Dorneck
Area
• Total	2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation	338 m (1,109 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,494
• Density	560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal code	4108
SFOS number	2481
Surrounded by	Bättwil, Biel-Benken (BL), Ettingen (BL), Hofstetten-Flüh, Therwil (BL)
Website	www.witterswil.ch SFSO statistics

Witterswil (Swiss German: Witterschwyl) is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Witterswil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.67 square kilometers (1.03 sq mi). Of this area, 1.75 km² (0.68 sq mi) or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.53 km² (0.20 sq mi) or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.37 km² (0.14 sq mi) or 13.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 18.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 46.8% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures, while 8.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Or a Fess Sable and per fess Gules and Argent overall a Semi-Wheel of St. Catherine dimidiated.

Witterswil has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,494. As of 2008^[update], 11.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 2%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,182 or 91.6%), with French being second most common (30 or 2.3%) and Italian being third (27 or 2.1%).