Solothurn

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Solothurn

Total population

16,599

Coordinates47.21°, 7.54°

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

Overview

Solothurn is a city, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Brigit Wyss

Swiss politician

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August Haefeli

Swiss aircraft designer (1887–1960)

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Christoph Neuhaus

Swiss politician

Benedictus Aretius

Swiss Protestant theologian and natural philosopher (1505-1574)

Rudolf Scheurer

Swiss football referee (1925-2015)

Urs Zimmermann

road bicycle racer

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Arnold Marti

Swiss judge and jurist

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Ueli Sutter

Swiss cyclist

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Alexander Knuchel

Swiss entrepreneur (1869-1961)

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Ernst Burren

Swiss author (born 1944)

Nathalie Schneitter

Olympic cyclist

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Alfred Mürset

(1860-1910)

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Hermann Meier

Swiss composer (1906-2002)

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Leo Mann

Swiss politician (1890-1958)

Robert Hagmann

cyclist

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Johann Baptist Reinert

Swiss politician (1790-1853)

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

Nearby places in Solothurn

• Feldbrunnen
  1.2 mi away
• Bellach
  1.9 mi away · pop. 5,163
• Lüsslingen
  2.1 mi away · pop. 445
• Oberdorf SO
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,655
• Biberist
  2.2 mi away · pop. 8,124
• Luterbach
  2.2 mi away · pop. 3,640
• Balm b. Günsberg
  3.2 mi away · pop. 190
• Lüterkofen
  3.3 mi away
• Hubersdorf
  3.4 mi away · pop. 740
• Flumenthal
  3.4 mi away · pop. 941
• Niederwil SO
  3.4 mi away
• Oekingen
  3.7 mi away · pop. 795

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Solothurn

Publikation zum 90-jährigen Bestehen der Visarte Solothurn 1926-2016

Switzerland) Visarte Solothurn (Solothurn · 2016

Solothurn =

Hans Sigrist · 1973

Glutz-Blotzheim von Solothurn

Amanz Fidel · 1856

Solothurner Wehrwesen, Solothurner Wehrwille

Thomas Wallner · 1985

Schultheitz Menge von Solothurn

Franz Krutter · 1845

Solothurn

Hans Sigrist · 1966

Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Kunstmuseum Solothurn. · 2003

Die Solothurner kantonalbank, 1886-1910 .

Arthur Stampfli · 1911

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers