Zullwil

Zullwil village

Coat of arms

Zullwil

Location of Zullwil

Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°36′E / 47.400°N 7.600°ECoordinates: 47°24′N 7°36′E / 47.400°N 7.600°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.64 km² (1.41 sq mi)

Elevation

592 m (1,942 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

638

• Density

180/km² (450/sq mi)

Postal code

4234

SFOS number

2622

Surrounded by

Breitenbach, Fehren, Meltingen, Nunningen

Website

www.zullwil.ch
SFSO statistics

Zullwil is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Zullwil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.64 square kilometers (1.41 sq mi). Of this area, 1.6 km² (0.62 sq mi) or 44.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.67 km² (0.64 sq mi) or 45.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.35 km² (0.14 sq mi) or 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 43.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.3% is used for growing crops and 31.3% is pastures, while 4.9% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quarterly Sable and Argent two Staffs fleury conterchanged in saltire.

Zullwil has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 638. As of 2008^[update], 4.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -4.9%. It has changed at a rate of -5.4% due to migration and at a rate of -1.1% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (570 or 94.1%), with Albanian being second most common (15 or 2.5%) and French being third (4 or 0.7%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.

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