Thal District

Of the agricultural land, 27.6% is used for growing crops and 13.3% is used for alpine pastures.

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Falcon Argent displayed statant on a rock issuant of the same.

[1] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (12,734 or 90.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (283 or 2.0%) and Albanian being third (266 or 1.9%).

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

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 104 and the non-Swiss population increased by 121 people.

[5] The historical population is given in the following chart:[8] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 34.6% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 5,474 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.4%.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 8,990 or 64.0% were Roman Catholic, while 2,525 or 18.0% 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.

The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes.