Zuchwil

Zuchwil
Municipal administration of Zuchwil
Coat of arms
Zuchwil
Location of Zuchwil
Coordinates: 47°12′N 7°34′E / 47.200°N 7.567°E / 47.200; 7.567Coordinates: 47°12′N 7°34′E / 47.200°N 7.567°E / 47.200; 7.567
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Wasseramt
Area
• Total	4.63 km2 (1.79 sq mi)
Elevation	433 m (1,421 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	8,744
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Postal code	4528
SFOS number	2534
Surrounded by	Biberist, Derendingen, Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus, Luterbach, Riedholz, Solothurn
Website	www.zuchwil.ch SFSO statistics

Zuchwil is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Zuchwil is first mentioned in 1052 as Zuchwile.

Zuchwil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.63 square kilometers (1.79 sq mi). Of this area, 1.15 km² (0.44 sq mi) or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.89 km² (0.34 sq mi) or 19.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.45 km² (0.95 sq mi) or 52.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.18 km² (0.069 sq mi) or 3.9% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 9.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 21.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 13.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.6% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 19.2% is used for growing crops and 3.9% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, in a triangle formed by the Aare and Emme rivers and the Bleichenberg / Birchi mountains near Solothurn.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Mullet of Five and a Moon increscent Or over a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.

Zuchwil has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 8,744. As of 2008^[update], 40.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of -3.9%. It has changed at a rate of -0.8% due to migration and at a rate of 1.1% due to births and deaths.