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

[3] Meltingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.75 square kilometers (2.22 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The municipality is located in the Thierstein district, along the upper Ibach.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or Madonna statant clead Azure crowned and haloed Or holding the Child clead Argent haloed Or between two Stafs fleury of the second and the base wavy of the same.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (587 or 97.3%), with French being second most common (5 or 0.8%) and Italian being third (4 or 0.7%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Meltingen is; 44 children or 7.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 100 teenagers or 16.6% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Meltingen is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 35.35% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 253 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.8%.

[8] There were 294 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 11, of which 10 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 11.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 10 or 29.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 14.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 8.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 8.8% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 504 or 83.6% were Roman Catholic, while 37 or 6.1% 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 Meltingen attend their school in a neighboring municipality.