Eppenberg-Wöschnau

Eppenberg-Wöschnau is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Eppenberg-Wöschnau has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.81 square kilometers (0.70 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The municipality is located in the Olten district, on the border with the Canton of Aargau.

Eppenberg, in a clearing on a high plateau, is a mostly agricultural village.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Tierced per fess Gules, Argent and Sable overall a Sickle Azure handled Or.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (268 or 81.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (16 or 4.8%) and Italian being third (14 or 4.2%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 55.2% male and 44.8% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Eppenberg-Wöschnau is; 22 children or 6.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 50 teenagers or 15.1% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Iron Age hilltop settlement of Buechholz is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.88% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 76 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 39.2%.

[8] There were 181 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 26 or 72.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 22.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, .

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 103 or 31.1% were Roman Catholic, while 87 or 26.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Wöschnau
Aerial view from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930)