Bezirk Gösgen
SolothurnBezirk Gösgen is one of 10 districts of the canton of Solothurn and comprises 10 municipalities with 26'303 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Municipalities in Bezirk Gösgen
BFS · 10Votes in Bezirk Gösgen
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 110 % % in Niedergösgen to 140 % % in Trimbach (median 123.5 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 16 % in Niedergösgen to 18.1 % in Trimbach (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.356–31.743 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Gösgen rank
sum of its municipalities4 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Gösgen?
- Bezirk Gösgen comprises 10 municipalities: Trimbach, Niedergösgen, Lostorf, Erlinsbach, Obergösgen, Winznau, Stüsslingen, Kienberg, Wisen, Hauenstein-Ifenthal. Together they have 26'303 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Gösgen in?
- Bezirk Gösgen lies in the canton of Solothurn, which is divided into 10 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Gösgen?
- Bezirk Gösgen has 26'303 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 10 municipalities; the largest is Trimbach with 6'928.
- Does Bezirk Gösgen have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Gösgen the municipal rate ranges from 110 % (Niedergösgen) to 140 % (Trimbach).
- How did Bezirk Gösgen vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Gösgen voted 56.5 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.