Geography
Wangen bei Olten has an area, as of 2009, of 6.96 square kilometers (2.69 sq mi). Of this area, 1.71 km2 (0.66 sq mi) or 24.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi) or 53.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi) or 21.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 51.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.7% is used for growing crops and 7.3% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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