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

[3] Kriegstetten has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.14 square kilometers (0.44 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.53 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 46.5% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or three Linden Leaves slipped Vert.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,077 or 95.6%), with Italian being second most common (11 or 1.0%) and French being third (9 or 0.8%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Kriegstetten is; 77 children or 6.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 226 teenagers or 20.1% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (88) were built between 1981 and 1990.

[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 35.42% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 460 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.3%.

[8] There were 647 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.6% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 68 of which 43 or (63.2%) were in manufacturing and 25 (36.8%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 27 or 10.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 5.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 48 or 18.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 41 or 15.5% were in the information industry, 6 or 2.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 18 or 6.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 62 or 23.4% were in education and 30 or 11.3% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 364 or 32.3% were Roman Catholic, while 472 or 41.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.