page_title: Winznau
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Winznau / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Winznau, photograph taken from the sky, on the fly line between Marseille and Stockholm.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Winznau, vu depuis le ciel, sur la route aérienne reliant Marseille à Stockholm.
context_page_description: Winznau is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Winznau has an area, as of 2009, of 3.94 square kilometers (1.52 sq mi). Of this area, 1.43 km² (0.55 sq mi) or 36.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.58 km² (0.61 sq mi) or 40.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.78 km² (0.30 sq mi) or 19.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16 km² (0.062 sq mi) or 4.1% is either rivers or lakes.
  Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.6%. Out of the forested land, 38.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 20.8% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures and 1.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
caption: Winznau and surrounding areas from the air
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