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Zuchwil

Zuchwil (Swiss Standard German: [tsʊxˈviːl]) 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, 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 2020) of 9,058. As of 2008, 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.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (6,842 or 76.7%), with Italian being second most common (545 or 6.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (384 or 4.3%). There are 73 people who speak French and 8 people who speak Romansh.

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