Schönenwerd is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] Schönenwerd has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.73 square kilometers (1.44 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi) or 41.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.18 km2 (0.069 sq mi) or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

The village stretches from the collegiate church of St. Leodegar on a hill down toward the Aare river.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (3,704 or 77.8%), with Italian being second most common (439 or 9.2%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (123 or 2.6%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Schönenwerd is; 310 children or 6.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 808 teenagers or 17.0% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Bally Areal, the Christian Catholic collegiate church of St. Leodegar and the Granary im Ballypark are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

The entire village of Schönenwerd is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.34% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,218 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.6%.

[8] There were 2,439 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.4% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,637.

In the tertiary sector; 319 or 34.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 34 or 3.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 59 or 6.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 1.3% were in the information industry, 43 or 4.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 112 or 12.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 70 or 7.5% were in education and 121 or 13.0% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,833 or 38.5% were Roman Catholic, while 1,364 or 28.6% 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.

[17] SIS Swiss International School Schönenwerd is in the city.