Fulenbach (High Alemannic: Fulebach) is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Fulenbach has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.52 square kilometers (1.75 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16 km2 (0.062 sq mi) or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

[4] The municipality is located in the Olten district, in the Aaregäu on a terrace near the Aare river.

It consists of the linear village of Fulenbach, the settlement of Stadtacker (which grew up on the site of the medieval town of Fridau after its destruction in 1375) and the outer settlements of Ewigkeit, Färch and Fulenbacher Bad.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Tierced per fess wavy Azure, Argent and Vert and in the first a Mullet Or.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,362 or 93.9%), with Albanian being second most common (31 or 2.1%) and Italian being third (10 or 0.7%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Fulenbach is; 93 children or 6.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 270 teenagers or 18.6% 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 CVP which received 29.43% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 625 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.0%.

[8] There were 823 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 38, of which 25 were in agriculture and 12 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 46 or 28.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 6.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 42 or 26.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 5 or 3.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 11 or 6.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 15 or 9.4% were in education and 8 or 5.0% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 851 or 58.7% were Roman Catholic, while 379 or 26.1% 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 Fulenbach attend their school in a neighboring municipality.