Olten

Olten
Municipality
Old town with covered bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Olten
Olten Location within Switzerland Olten Location within Canton of Solothurn
Coordinates: 47°21′N 7°54′E
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
• Total	11.49 km2 (4.44 sq mi)
Elevation	396 m (1,299 ft)
Population  (December 2020)
• Total	18,496
• Density	1,610/km2 (4,169/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	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

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Olten (German pronunciation: [ˈɔltn̩]; High Alemannic: Oute or Olte) is a municipality, a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and the 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 Zurich, 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.