Lebern District

Geschichte

Lebern District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, situated to the west of the canton. Together with the city of Solothurn, it forms the Amtei (electoral district) of Solothurn-Lebern. It has a population of.MunicipalitiesLebern District contains the following municipalities: Includes population and area from Niederwil which became part of Riedholz in 2011MergersIn 2011 Niederwil merged into Riedholz.GeographyLebern has an area, of 117.28km2. Of this area, 46.97km2 or 40.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.23km2 or 43.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 16.89km2 or 14.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.53km2 or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.66km2 or 0.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 41.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 34.2% is used for growing crops and 5.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the district is flowing water.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Pale chevrony Or and Sable.DemographicsLebern has a population of.Most of the population speaks German (36,787 or 87.6%), with Italian being second most common (1,589 or 3.8%) and French being third (735 or 1.7%). There are 34 people who speak Romansh.