Herbetswil is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Herbetswil has an area, as of 2009[update], of 16.31 square kilometers (6.30 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Thal district, in the Dünnern river valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an Angle Plate Sable.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (546 or 96.1%), with Albanian being second most common (5 or 0.9%) and Arabic being third (5 or 0.9%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Herbetswil is; 49 children or 8.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 98 teenagers or 17.3% 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 45.65% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 236 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.6%.

[8] There were 286 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.8% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 13.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 63.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 2 or 9.1% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 370 or 65.1% were Roman Catholic, while 131 or 23.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is June during which time Herbetswil receives an average of 119 mm (4.7 in) of rain or snow.

The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.7, but with only 109 mm (4.3 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is September with an average of 82 mm (3.2 in) of precipitation over 9 days.

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 Herbetswil attend their school in a neighboring municipality.