Bezirk Solothurn
SolothurnBezirk Solothurn is one of 10 districts of the canton of Solothurn and comprises 1 municipalities with 16'830 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.
Votes in Bezirk Solothurn
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 112 % % in Solothurn to 112 % % in Solothurn (median 112 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 16.2 % in Solothurn to 16.2 % in Solothurn (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 (28.513–28.513 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 Solothurn rank
sum of its municipalities1 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Solothurn?
- Bezirk Solothurn comprises 1 municipalities: Solothurn. Together they have 16'830 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Solothurn in?
- Bezirk Solothurn lies in the canton of Solothurn, which is divided into 10 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Solothurn?
- Bezirk Solothurn has 16'830 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 1 municipalities; the largest is Solothurn with 16'830.
- Does Bezirk Solothurn have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Solothurn the municipal rate ranges from 112 % (Solothurn) to 112 % (Solothurn).
- How did Bezirk Solothurn vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Solothurn voted 41.2 % 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.