Lebern (district)
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 44,849 (as of 31 December 2015).
Lebern District contains the following municipalities:
In 2011 Niederwil merged into Riedholz.
Lebern has an area, as of 2009[update], of 117.28 square kilometers (45.28 sq mi). Of this area, 46.97 km2 (18.14 sq mi) or 40.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.23 km2 (19.78 sq mi) or 43.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 16.89 km2 (6.52 sq mi) or 14.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi) or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi) 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.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Pale chevrony Or and Sable.
Lebern has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 44,849.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) 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.
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