Halten is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Halten has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.83 square kilometers (0.71 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 18.6% is settled (buildings or roads).

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (766 or 96.8%), with French being second most common (10 or 1.3%) and Italian being third (3 or 0.4%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Halten is; 54 children or 6.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 146 teenagers or 18.5% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (38) were built between 1971 and 1980.

[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 28.6% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 333 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.0%.

[8] There were 449 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.4% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 55.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 14.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 11.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 12 or 44.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 14.8% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 274 or 34.6% were Roman Catholic, while 345 or 43.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.