Messen

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Messen

Total population

1,411

Coordinates47.09°, 7.45°

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

Overview

Messen is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal and Oberramsern merged into the municipality of Messen.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Carl Albert Loosli

Swiss writer (1877-1959)

Heinrich Morf

Swiss philologist, romanist and linguist (1854-1921)

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Hans Stähli

Swiss politician (1889-1963)

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Gustav Hans Graber

Swiss psychologist (1893-1982)

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Björn Schneider

Swiss ice hockey player

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Ernst Bürki

Swiss politician (1882-1966)

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Fritz Raaflaub

Swiss politician (1884-1953)

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Franz Matter

Swiss actor (1931-1999)

Hermann Knuchel

Swiss university teacher (1884-1964)

Wolfgang Robert Griepenkerl

German author (1810-1868)

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Robert Zumbühl

Swiss politician (1901-1974)

Ruedi Baumann

Swiss politician and farmer

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Wilhelm Tell Fellenberg

Swiss author (1798-1880)

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Eline Biarga

Swiss singer and opera singer (1877-1947)

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Gottlieb Wüthrich

(1879-1946)

David Graubner

Swiss handball player

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

Nearby places in Solothurn

• Biezwil
  2.2 mi away · pop. 354
• Unterramsern
  2.6 mi away · pop. 212
• Brittern
  3 mi away
• Schnottwil
  3 mi away · pop. 1,176
• Mühledorf SO
  3.4 mi away · pop. 347
• Hessigkofen
  3.6 mi away · pop. 270
• Bibern
  3.8 mi away · pop. 247
• Brügglen
  4.3 mi away · pop. 200
• Kyburg-Buchegg
  4.6 mi away · pop. 338
• Ichertswil
  5.3 mi away
• Lüterkofen
  5.9 mi away
• Lohn-Ammannsegg
  6.7 mi away · pop. 2,639

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.

Official Identifiers