Olten District

Olten District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated around the city of Olten. Together with the Gösgen District, it forms the electoral district of Olten-Gösgen. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Olten District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes On 1 January 1973 the former municipality of Grod merged into the municipality of Gretzenbach. Geography Olten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.