Olten district

Olten district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Solothurn (SO)
Main town :	Olten
FSO number :	1108
Area :	80.57  km²
Height range :	363–1122 m above sea level M.
Residents:	55,372 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	687 inhabitants per km²
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The Olten district in the canton of Solothurn extends to the city and surroundings of Olten . He belongs to the Olten-Gösgen office .

coat of arms

In silver, green three mountain with three green, red-stemmed fir trees

The city and district of Olten use the same coat of arms.

Municipalities

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	Boningen	772	2.76	280
	Daniken	2851	5.43	525
	Dulliken	5048	6.04	836
	Eppenberg-Wöschnau	330	1.81	182
	Fulenbach	1777	4.48	397
	Gretzenbach	2784	5.83	478
	Gunzgen	1652	3.93	420
	Hägendorf	5138	13.94	369
	Kappel (SO)	3239	5.10	635
	Olten	18,363	11.49	1598
	Rickenbach (SO)	1012	2.76	367
	Schönwerd	4911	3.71	1324
	Starrkirch-Wil	1714	1.85	926
	Walterswil (SO)	724	4.48	162
	Wangen near Olten	5057	6.96	727
Total (15)		55,372	80.57	687

Changes in the community

• 

  Municipalities until 1972

• 1973: Merger of Gretzenbach and Grod → Gretzenbach

Web links

Commons : Olten  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• André Schluchter : Olten (district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.