Lüterswil-Gächliwil
Lüterswil-Gächliwil is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. It was formed in 1994 from the merger of the two previously independent municipalities of Lüterswil and Gächliwil. History Lüterswil is first mentioned in 1276 as zu Lüterswyl though this comes from a 17th-century copy of the original document. It was mentioned in 1369 as ze Luterswile. Gächliwil is first mentioned in 1365 as Gechlenwil. Geography Lüterswil-Gächliwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 62.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.9% is used for growing crops and 16.7% is pastures. The municipality is located in the Bucheggberg district. It was created in 1995 through the merger of Gächliwil and Lüterswil. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules a Rock Argent between two Beech Trees Vert and Azure a Semi Horse rampant Argent. The new coat of arms incorporates the symbols of both former municipalities. Demographics Lüterswil-Gächliwil has a population () of . , 3.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -0.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (366 or 98.7%), with French being second most common (3 or 0.8%) and Italian being third (1 or 0.3%). , the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 166 Swiss men (49.1% of the population) and 6 (1.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 163 Swiss women (48.2%) and 3 (0.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 136 or about 36.7% were born in Lüterswil-Gächliwil and lived there in 2000. There were 80 or 21.6% who were born in the same canton, while 126 or 34.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 13 or 3.5% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 2 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.3%. The age distribution, , in Lüterswil-Gächliwil is; 28 children or 7.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 56 teenagers or 15.1% are between 7