Erlinsbach is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

It was formed from the union on January 1, 2006 of Niedererlinsbach and Obererlinsbach (both were in SO and AG).

[4] The blazon of Niedererlinsbach's coat of arms is Per fess Gules and Argent a Bend wavy counterchanged.

[5] The blazon of the Obererlinsbach's coat of arms is Gules a Willow Vert issuant from a Bar wavy Argent.

[6] Erlinsbach has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.87 square kilometers (3.42 sq mi).

[12] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.

[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][4][14] The entire village of Niedererlinsbach is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[15] From the 2000 census[update] in Niedererlinsbach, 1,048 or 47.8% were Roman Catholic, while 637 or 29.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[12] In Obererlinsbach, 324 or 46.9% were Roman Catholic, while 219 or 31.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.97% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,050 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.2%.

[11] In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 503.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 144 of which 91 or (63.2%) were in manufacturing, 11 or (7.6%) were in mining and 42 (29.2%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 97 or 29.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 1.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 71 or 21.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 14 or 4.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 21 or 6.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 18 or 5.4% were in education and 58 or 17.4% were in health care.