page_title: Seewen, Solothurn
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Seewen, Solothurn / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Seewen (SO) Français&#160;: Vue de Seewen
context_page_description: Seewen is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Baslerweiher is a pond above the village.
context_section_description: Seewen has an area, as of 2009, of 16.3 square kilometers (6.3 sq mi).  Of this area, 6.57 km² (2.54 sq mi) or 40.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.81 km² (3.40 sq mi) or 54.0% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.95 km² (0.37 sq mi) or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%.  Out of the forested land, 50.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 9.9% is used for growing crops and 24.2% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 2.1% is used for alpine pastures.  Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.2% is in rivers and streams.
  The municipality is located in the Dorneck district.  It consists of the village of Seewen and the settlements of Steinegg, Moos, Unterackert and Rechtenberg.
caption: Seewen village and surroundings
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