Wasseramt District

Of the rest of the land, 19.33 km2 (7.46 sq mi) or 25.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.05 km2 (0.41 sq mi) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.0%.

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Bendy sinistery Gules and Argent.

[1] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (40,267 or 86.9%), with Italian being second most common (1,778 or 3.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (989 or 2.1%).

[6] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[9] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.86% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 14,587 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.9%.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 16,396 or 35.4% were Roman Catholic, while 16,391 or 35.4% 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.