Halten

Geschichte

Halten is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryHalten is first mentioned in 1201 as Haltun. In 1274 it was mentioned as Halton.GeographyHalten has an area, of 1.83km2. Of this area, 1.12km2 or 61.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.39km2 or 21.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.34km2 or 18.6% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 13.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 20.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 47.5% is used for growing crops and 12.6% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale bendy sinister Gules and Argent and Sable a Tower roofed Argent.DemographicsHalten has a population of., 5.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 4.4%. It has changed at a rate of 1.8% due to migration and at a rate of 2.1% due to births and deaths. Most of the population speaks German (766 or 96.8%), with French being second most common (10 or 1.3%) and Italian being third (3 or 0.4%).