Boningen is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Boningen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.78 square kilometers (1.07 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 25.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 9.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.

[4] The municipality is located in the Olten district, in the Aaregäu between the Aare river and the southern foot of Born mountain.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Pike and an Oar Gules in saltire.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (609 or 95.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (10 or 1.6%) and Italian being third (4 or 0.6%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Boningen is; 55 children or 8.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 125 teenagers or 19.7% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.91% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 238 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.8%.

[8] There were 346 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 146.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 72 of which 36 or (50.0%) were in manufacturing, 26 or (36.1%) were in mining and 4 (5.6%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 32 or 52.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 23 or 37.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 3.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 346 or 54.4% were Roman Catholic, while 200 or 31.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The education system in the Canton of Solothurn allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten.

All the lower secondary students from Boningen attend their school in a neighboring municipality.