Kammersrohr

Coat of arms

Kammersrohr

Location of Kammersrohr

Coordinates: 47°15′N 7°36′E / 47.250°N 7.600°ECoordinates: 47°15′N 7°36′E / 47.250°N 7.600°E

Country

Area

• Total

0.95 km² (0.37 sq mi)

Elevation

600 m (2,000 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

• Density

35/km² (90/sq mi)

Postal code

4535

SFOS number

2549

Surrounded by

Attiswil (BE), Günsberg, Hubersdorf

Website

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Kammersrohr is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Kammersrohr is first mentioned in 1374 as ze Rore.

Kammersrohr has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 0.95 square kilometers (0.37 sq mi). Of this area, 0.53 km² (0.20 sq mi) or 55.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.38 km² (0.15 sq mi) or 40.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 37.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 29.5% is used for growing crops and 25.3% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Lebern district. It is the smallest municipality in the canton and is located on a terrace in the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Mullet Gules between two Reed plants Vert fructed Sable and with two leaves each issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the third.

Kammersrohr has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 33. As of 2008^[update], 2.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -15.9%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (37 or 94.9%), with the rest speaking English (1 or 2.6%) and Polish (1 or 2.6%).

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