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

[3] Recherswil has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.37 square kilometers (1.30 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, between the Emme and Oesch rivers.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Ploughshare Sable between two Mullets Or in chief.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,518 or 95.7%), with Italian being second most common (34 or 2.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (9 or 0.6%).

At the same time, there were 3 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Recherswil is; 100 children or 6.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 290 teenagers or 18.3% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (96) were built between 1971 and 1980.

[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 27.33% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 643 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.5%.

[8] There were 871 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 91 of which 53 or (58.2%) were in manufacturing and 38 (41.8%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 22 or 23.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 8.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 6.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 5.3% were in the information industry, 13 or 13.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 10.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 13 or 13.8% were in education and 3 or 3.2% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 522 or 32.9% were Roman Catholic, while 690 or 43.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.