Breitenbach

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Breitenbach

Total population

4,304

Coordinates47.41°, 7.54°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Breitenbach is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. There are two train stations near Breitenbach, the main being in Laufen and the other in Zwingen. As with most of Switzerland, there are Postauto buses which take people to surrounding cities and to and from the train station. Schweizerdeutsch (Swiss-German) in Breitenbach closely resembles that of Baseldeutsch (Basel-German).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Alfred Vogel

Swiss writer (1902-1996)

Amanz Gressly

Swiss paleontologist (1814–1865)

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Abbé Bessire

Swiss theologian and composer (1922-1999)

Anton von Blarer

Swiss politician (1798-1864)

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Simone Grippo

Swiss footballer

Edgar Buchwalder

Swiss cyclist (1916-2009)

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Arthur Stöcklin

Franz von Sonnenfeld

Swiss writer (1821-1888)

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Hugo Oser

Swiss jurist (1863-1930)

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Karl von Blarer

Swiss politician (1885-1978)

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Leo Karrer

Swiss author (1937–2021)

René Brodmann

Swiss footballer (1933–2000)

Theodor Borrer

(1894-1914)

Joseph Louis Enderlin

French sculptor

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Peter Hänggi

Swiss physicist

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Werner Buchwalder

(1914-1987)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Solothurn

• Büsserach
  1.1 mi away · pop. 2,084
• Fehren
  1.8 mi away · pop. 595
• Erschwil
  2.4 mi away · pop. 892
• Zullwil
  2.9 mi away · pop. 626
• Beinwil SO
  3.6 mi away · pop. 271
• Nunningen
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,973
• Bärschwil
  3.8 mi away · pop. 808
• Hofstetten-Flüh
  5.2 mi away · pop. 3,136
• Seewen SO
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,003
• Flüh
  5.8 mi away
• Dornach
  6.1 mi away · pop. 6,468
• Herbetswil
  8 mi away · pop. 605

Browse all places in Solothurn →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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