Fulenbach

Fulenbach
The Catholic church in Fulenbach village
Coat of arms
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Location of Fulenbach
Coordinates: 47°17′N 7°50′E / 47.283°N 7.833°E / 47.283; 7.833Coordinates: 47°17′N 7°50′E / 47.283°N 7.833°E / 47.283; 7.833
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Olten
Area
• Total	4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation	429 m (1,407 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,726
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Postal code	4629
SFOS number	2575
Surrounded by	Boningen, Gunzgen, Härkingen, Murgenthal (AG), Neuendorf, Wolfwil
Website	www.fulenbach.ch SFSO statistics

Fulenbach is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Fulenbach is first mentioned in 1226 as in villa Vulenbah. In 1260 it was mentioned as Fulenbach.

Fulenbach has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.52 square kilometers (1.75 sq mi). Of this area, 2.23 km² (0.86 sq mi) or 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.31 km² (0.51 sq mi) or 29.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi) or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16 km² (0.062 sq mi) or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.3% is used for growing crops and 11.7% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Olten district, in the Aaregäu on a terrace near the Aare river. It consists of the linear village of Fulenbach, the settlement of Stadtacker (which grew up on the site of the medieval town of Fridau after its destruction in 1375) and the outer settlements of Ewigkeit, Färch and Fulenbacher Bad.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Tierced per fess wavy Azure, Argent and Vert and in the first a Mullet Or.

Fulenbach has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,726. As of 2008^[update], 8.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.6%.