Rohr (German pronunciation: [ʁoːɐ̯] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
[4] Rohr had an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.23 square kilometers (0.86 sq mi).
[5] The former municipality is located in the Gösgen district, on the southern slope of the Schafmatt Pass.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a House Mark Sable and in sinister a Trefoil Vert slipped both issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the last and in chief dexter a Quatrefoil Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper.
[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (107 or 96.4%), with English being second most common (3 or 2.7%) and Polnisch being third (1 or 0.9%).
[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 53.9% male and 46.1% female.
[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Rohr is; 12 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 21 teenagers or 18.9% are between 7 and 19.
The greatest number of single family homes (7) were built between 1981 and 1990.
[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 35.71% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 39 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.4%.
[8] There were 53 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 35.8% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 19.
In the tertiary sector; 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 2 were in the information industry and 1 was a technical professional or scientist.
[8] From the 2000 census[update], 50 or 45.0% were Roman Catholic, while 37 or 33.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.