Rüttenen is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Rüttenen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.77 square kilometers (3.39 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Lebern district, at the foot of the Weissenstein mountains.

It consists of the village of Rüttenen and the hamlets of Widlisbach, Oberrüttenen, Galmis, Falleren, Brüggmoos, Kreuzen and Steingrubenquartier which is a suburb of Solothurn.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Digging Hoe Argent issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Or.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,352 or 95.9%), with French being second most common (13 or 0.9%) and English being third (7 or 0.5%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Rüttenen is; 90 children or 6.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 218 teenagers or 15.5% are between 7 and 19.

The entire complex around the Hermitage and the area around Kreuzen is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular parties were the CVP and the SVP both of which received 20.98% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 682 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 60.6%.

[8] There were 780 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 18 or 14.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 6.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 26 or 21.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 11 or 8.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 5.6% were in education and 47 or 37.9% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 570 or 40.4% were Roman Catholic, while 421 or 29.9% 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 Rüttenen attend their school in a neighboring municipality.