Dorneck District

Dorneck District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the north of the canton. Together with Thierstein District, it forms the Amtei (electoral district) of Dorneck-Thierstein. It has a population of (as of ). Five of the district's eleven municipalities are exclaves, either within the canton of Basel-Country or bordering France. Municipalities Dorneck District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes On 1 January 1986 the municipality of Hofstetten (SO) changed its name to Hofstetten-Flüh. Geography Dorneck has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.