Thal (district)
Thal District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated in the centre of the canton. Together with the Gäu District, it forms the Amtei (electoral district) of Thal-Gäu. It has a population of 14,425 (as of 31 December 2015).
Thal District contains the following municipalities:
Thal has an area, as of 2009[update], of 139.34 square kilometers (53.80 sq mi). Of this area, 57.91 km2 (22.36 sq mi) or 41.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 72.74 km2 (28.09 sq mi) or 52.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.03 km2 (3.10 sq mi) or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 49.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.6% is used for growing crops and 13.3% 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 Falcon Argent displayed stantant on a rock issuant of the same.
Thal has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 14,425.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (12,734 or 90.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (283 or 2.0%) and Albanian being third (266 or 1.9%). There are 78 people who speak French and 8 people who speak Romansh.
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