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Lüsslingen village church
Lüsslingen village church
Coat of arms of Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen
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Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen is located in Switzerland
Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen
Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen
Location in Switzerland
Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen is located in Canton of Solothurn
Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen
Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen
Location in Canton of Solothurn
Country Switzerland
Canton Solothurn
District Bucheggberg
Area
 • Total 7.81 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population
 (Dec 2020 )
 • Total 1,101
 • Density 140.97/km2 (365.1/sq mi)
Postal code
4574
Surrounded by Bellach, Biberist, Leuzigen (BE), Lohn-Ammannsegg, Lüterkofen-Ichertswil, Selzach

Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013, Lüsslingen and Nennigkofen merged to form Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen.

History

Lüsslingen is first mentioned in 1251 as in Luslingen. Nennigkofen is first mentioned in 1392 as Nennikofen or Nennikoven.

Geography

Solothurn suedwest panorama
View from Solothurn toward Lüsslingen
Nennigkofenargus3
Nenningkofen village
ETH-BIB-Lüsslingen, Nennigkofen, Aare v. S. aus 1000 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-003200
Aerial view from 1000 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

The former municipalities that make up Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen had an area of 7.81 km2 (3.02 sq mi).

Lüsslingen had an area, as of 2009, of 3.19 square kilometers (1.23 sq mi). Of this area, 1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi) or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.85 km2 (0.33 sq mi) or 26.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) or 6.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land. The former municipality is located on the northern slope of Bucheggberg mountain. It is the closest municipality to Solothurn in the Bucheggberg district.

Nennigkofen had an area, as of 2009, of 4.62 square kilometers (1.78 sq mi). Of this area, 2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi) or 64.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi) or 24.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.36 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.13 km2 (32 acres) or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land. The former municipality is located in the Bucheggberger Aare valley.

Climate

Characterized by equable climates with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb". (Marine West Coast Climate).

Climate data for Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.7
(36.9)
4.8
(40.6)
10.0
(50.0)
14.1
(57.4)
18.9
(66.0)
22.4
(72.3)
24.9
(76.8)
24.2
(75.6)
19.7
(67.5)
14.3
(57.7)
7.3
(45.1)
3.5
(38.3)
13.9
(57.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.2
(31.6)
0.9
(33.6)
5.1
(41.2)
8.5
(47.3)
13.2
(55.8)
16.3
(61.3)
18.6
(65.5)
18.1
(64.6)
14.2
(57.6)
9.8
(49.6)
4.0
(39.2)
0.9
(33.6)
9.1
(48.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2.9
(26.8)
−2.7
(27.1)
0.7
(33.3)
3.4
(38.1)
8.0
(46.4)
11.2
(52.2)
13.2
(55.8)
12.9
(55.2)
9.8
(49.6)
6.2
(43.2)
1.2
(34.2)
−1.5
(29.3)
5.0
(41.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 71
(2.8)
64
(2.5)
75
(3.0)
77
(3.0)
110
(4.3)
114
(4.5)
105
(4.1)
120
(4.7)
97
(3.8)
90
(3.5)
77
(3.0)
89
(3.5)
1,088
(42.8)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 16
(6.3)
14.7
(5.8)
7.7
(3.0)
1.8
(0.7)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0.4
(0.2)
5.7
(2.2)
14.4
(5.7)
60.7
(23.9)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 10.8 9.8 10.9 10.3 12.6 11.7 10.8 11.0 9.5 10.3 10.8 11.4 129.9
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) 4.7 4.2 2.6 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1.5 3.4 17.2
Average relative humidity (%) 91.5 86.8 82.4 78.5 77.4 76.4 75.6 78.8 84.3 89.2 91.1 91.8 83.7
Source: MeteoSwiss

Demographics

The total population of Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen (as of December 2020) is 1,101.

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:

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