Deitingen - Geography

Geography

Deitingen has an area, as of 2009, of 7.64 square kilometers (2.95 sq mi). Of this area, 3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi) or 52.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.71 km2 (0.66 sq mi) or 22.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9 km2 (0.73 sq mi) or 24.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 8.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, along the Oesch river near the Aare river and the A1 motorway. It consists of the village of Deitingen and the hamlets of Burg, Wilihof as well as the abandoned settlement of Marchstetten.