Olten

Olten
Municipality
Old town with covered bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Olten
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Coordinates: 47°21′N 7°54′E / 47.350°N 7.900°E / 47.350; 7.900
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Olten
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat with 5 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Thomas Marbet SPS/PSS (as of August 2021)
• Parliament	Gemeindeparlament with 50 members
Area [1]
• Total	11.5 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Elevation	396 m (1,299 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	18,362
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	4600
SFOS number	2581
ISO 3166 code	CH-SO
Surrounded by	Aarburg (AG), Boningen, Dulliken, Kappel, Rothrist (AG), Starrkirch-Wil, Trimbach, Wangen bei Olten, Winznau
Twin towns	Altenburg (Germany)
Website	olten.ch SFSO statistics

Olten (High Alemannic: Oute) is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.

Olten grew into a town during the Middle Ages at the location of a bridge over the Aare. After a period of decline, it grew rapidly as a railway town in the 19th century. Its railway station is a major rail hub of Switzerland, located at the junction of lines to Zürich, Basel, Bern, and Lucerne, all of which are within 30 minutes by train, and the town is also home to a depot for Swiss Federal Railways.