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

Matzendorf is first mentioned in 968 as Mazendorf though this comes from an 11th Century copy of the earlier document.

[3] Matzendorf has an area, as of 2009[update], of 11.25 square kilometers (4.34 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi) or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

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

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent two Angle Plates in Saltire counterchanged.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,255 or 96.2%), with Albanian being second most common (13 or 1.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (12 or 0.9%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Matzendorf is; 104 children or 8.0% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 292 teenagers or 22.4% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (62) 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 CVP which received 31.89% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 607 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 62.8%.

[8] There were 633 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 21 or 17.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 12.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 8.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 5.0% were in the information industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 9 or 7.4% were in education and 49 or 40.5% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 955 or 73.2% were Roman Catholic, while 224 or 17.2% 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 Matzendorf attend their school in a neighboring municipality.