Solothurn | |
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Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°32′E / 47.217°N 7.533°E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Solothurn |
District | Solothurn |
Government | |
• Executive | Gemeinderat with 30 members |
• Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Kurt Fluri FDP/PRD (as of March 2014) |
Area | |
• Total | 6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 16,777 |
• Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 4500 |
SFOS number | 2601 |
Surrounded by | Bellach, Biberist, Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus, Langendorf, Rüttenen, Zuchwil |
Twin towns | Heilbronn (Germany), Kraków (Poland), Le Landeron (Switzerland) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
Solothurn (German: Solothurn, French: Soleure, Italian: Soletta, Romansh: Soloturn) is a district and the capital of the Swiss canton of Solothurn. As of December 2016, 16,697 people lived there. It is the only municipality of the district of the same name.