Dorneck district

Dorneck district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Solothurn (SO)
Main town :	Dornach
FSO number :	1104
Area :	74.70  km²
Height range :	281–897 m above sea level M.
Residents:	20,521 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	275 inhabitants per km²
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The Dorneck district in the canton of Solothurn is part of the Basel agglomeration . He belongs to the Amtei Dorneck-Thierstein known as Schwarzbubenland . The main town is Dornach .

coat of arms

Two black hinges turned away in silver

Municipalities

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	Bättwil	1186	1.67	710
	Büren (SO)	1043	6.23	167
	Dornach	6780	5.79	1171
	Gempen	867	5.99	145
	High forest	1310	8.35	157
	Hofstetten-Flüh	3157	7.52	420
	Metzerlen-Mariastein	933	8.48	110
	Nuglar-St. Pantaleon	1487	6.34	235
	Rodersdorf	1310	5.35	245
	Seewen	1010	16.31	62
	Witterswil	1438	2.67	539
Total (11)		20,521	74.70	275

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1984

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  Municipalities until 2003

• 1985: Name change from Hofstetten (SO) → Hofstetten-Flüh

• 2004: Name change from Metzerlen → Metzerlen-Mariastein

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.

Web links

Commons : Dorneck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Anna C. Fridrich: Dorneck. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .