page_title: Starrkirch-Wil
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Starrkirch-Wil / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Mountain Engelberg in Starrkirch-Wil/Olten
context_page_description: Starrkirch-Wil is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Starrkirch-Wil has an area, as of 2009, of 1.84 square kilometers (0.71 sq mi).  Of this area, 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi) or 22.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.89 km² (0.34 sq mi) or 48.4% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.53 km² (0.20 sq mi) or 28.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 18.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.1%.  Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.2%.  Out of the forested land, 47.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 13.0% is used for growing crops and 8.7% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
  The municipality is located in the Olten district, between the Aare river and the northern slope of the Engelberg mountain chain.  It consists of the main villages of Starrkirch and Wil, settlement of Wartburg and the settlement around the ruins of Vordere Wartburg Castle, which is commonly called Sälischlössli.
caption: Engelberg mountain at Starrkirch-Wil
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