Himmelried is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Himmelried has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6 square kilometers (2.3 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Thierstein district, on the southern slope of Homberg mountain and above the Kaltbrunnen valley.

It consists of the village of Himmelried and the hamlets of Steffen, Baumgarten and Schindelboden as well as scattered farm houses.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Juniper Tree Vert issuant from a Mount of the same between two Mullets Gules.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (898 or 94.9%), with French being second most common (11 or 1.2%) and English being third (9 or 1.0%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Himmelried is; 57 children or 6.0% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 164 teenagers or 17.3% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Kastelhöhle, a paleolithic cave is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.14% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 344 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.7%.

[8] There were 534 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 17.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the information industry, 12 or 30.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 17.9% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 426 or 45.0% were Roman Catholic, while 190 or 20.1% 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 Himmelried attend their school in a neighboring municipality.