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Aeschi
Aeschi is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Burgäschisee is a lake in the forest on the border with Seeberg.
Aeschi has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.8 square kilometers (1.5 sq mi). Of this area, 2.4 km2 (0.93 sq mi) or 63.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi) or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16 km2 (0.062 sq mi) or 4.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.1% is unproductive land. After the 2012 merger, the area increased to 5.4 square kilometers (2.1 sq mi).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 47.9% is used for growing crops and 13.4% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, in the upper moraine landscape along the Solothurn-Herzogenbuchsee main road. It consists of the village of Aeschi as well as, the hamlet of Burgäschi. Burgäschi was part of Aeschi until 1829 and after 1994. The municipality of Steinhof merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Aeschi.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an Anchored Cross Sable over an Angle plate Or between four Mullets of the last over a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.
Aeschi has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 1,268. As of 2008[update], 4.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -3.5%. It has changed at a rate of -2.1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.7% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (975 or 96.1%), with Albanian being second most common (22 or 2.2%) and Italian being third (5 or 0.5%). There is 1 person who speaks French.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female. The population was made up of 492 Swiss men (48.5% of the population) and 36 (3.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 464 Swiss women (45.7%) and 23 (2.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 364 or about 35.9% were born in Aeschi and lived there in 2000. There were 197 or 19.4% who were born in the same canton, while 343 or 33.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 86 or 8.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
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Aeschi
Aeschi is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Burgäschisee is a lake in the forest on the border with Seeberg.
Aeschi has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.8 square kilometers (1.5 sq mi). Of this area, 2.4 km2 (0.93 sq mi) or 63.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi) or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16 km2 (0.062 sq mi) or 4.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.1% is unproductive land. After the 2012 merger, the area increased to 5.4 square kilometers (2.1 sq mi).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 47.9% is used for growing crops and 13.4% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, in the upper moraine landscape along the Solothurn-Herzogenbuchsee main road. It consists of the village of Aeschi as well as, the hamlet of Burgäschi. Burgäschi was part of Aeschi until 1829 and after 1994. The municipality of Steinhof merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Aeschi.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an Anchored Cross Sable over an Angle plate Or between four Mullets of the last over a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.
Aeschi has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 1,268. As of 2008[update], 4.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -3.5%. It has changed at a rate of -2.1% due to migration and at a rate of -0.7% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (975 or 96.1%), with Albanian being second most common (22 or 2.2%) and Italian being third (5 or 0.5%). There is 1 person who speaks French.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female. The population was made up of 492 Swiss men (48.5% of the population) and 36 (3.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 464 Swiss women (45.7%) and 23 (2.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 364 or about 35.9% were born in Aeschi and lived there in 2000. There were 197 or 19.4% who were born in the same canton, while 343 or 33.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 86 or 8.5% were born outside of Switzerland.