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.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
History Lüsslingen is first mentioned in 1251 as in Luslingen. Nennigkofen is first mentioned in 1392 as Nennikofen or Nennikoven.
Geography
The former municipalities that make up Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen had an area of .
Lüsslingen had an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 6.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 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, , of . Of this area, or 64.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes and 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 Summary for Koppigen, Switzerland (closest city on record to Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen
Demographics The total population of Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen () is .
Historic Population The historical population is given in the following chart:Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 accessed 29 January 2011
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