Canton of Solothurn

The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure is a canton of . It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is .
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  • Type: State with 250,000 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Canton of Soleure”, “CH023”, “Kanton Soleure”, “kantono Soloturno”, “SO”, “Soleurre”, “Solothurn”, “सोलोथर्न छावनी”, and “ಸೋಲೋಥರ್ನ್ ಕ್ಯಾಂಟನ್”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Alt-Falkenstein Castle and Balsthal station.

Castle
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balsthal and Oensingen.

Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in .

Canton of Solothurn

Latitude
47.3187° or 47° 19′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.6698° or 7° 40′ 11″ east
Population
250,000
Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)
Abbreviation
“SO”
Open location code
8FV98M99+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313874404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2658563
Wiki­data ID
Q11929
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Canton of Solothurn” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Solothurn”
  • Amharic: “ሶሎቱርን”
  • Arabic: “سولوتورن”
  • Arabic: “كانتون سولوتورن”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón de Soleura”
  • Armenian: “Զոլոթուռն”
  • Armenian: “Զոլոտուրն”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton de Salôrro”
  • Arpitan: “Solora”
  • Asturian: “Cantón de Solothurn”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zoloturn”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Basque: “Solothurn kantonamendua”
  • Belarusian: “Залатурн”
  • Belarusian: “Залятурн”
  • Belarusian: “Золатурн”
  • Belarusian: “Кантон Залатурн”
  • Bengali: “ক্যান্টন অব সোলোথাম”
  • Bosnian: “Solothurn”
  • Breton: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Bulgarian: “Золотурн”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Solothurn”
  • Cebuano: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Chinese: “索洛图恩州”
  • Chinese: “索洛圖恩州”
  • Chuvash: “Золотурн”
  • Croatian: “Solothurn”
  • Czech: “Solothurn”
  • Danish: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Dutch: “Solothurn”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Soloturno”
  • Esperanto: “Soloturno”
  • Estonian: “Solothurni kanton”
  • Finnish: “Solothurn”
  • French: “canton de Soleure”
  • French: “Canton de Soleure”
  • French: “Soleure”
  • Galician: “Cantón de Soleura”
  • Georgian: “ზოლოთურნის კანტონი”
  • German: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • German: “Solothurn”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι του Σόλοτουρν”
  • Gujarati: “કેન્ટોન ઓફ સોલોથર્ન”
  • Hausa: “Solothurn”
  • Hebrew: “זולותורן”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון זולותורן”
  • Hindi: “सोलोथूर्न कैन्टन”
  • Hungarian: “Solothurn kanton”
  • Icelandic: “Solothurn”
  • Iloko: “Kanton ti Solothurn”
  • Iloko: “Solothurn”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Solothurn”
  • Irish: “cantún Solothurn”
  • Italian: “canton Soletta”
  • Italian: “Canton Soletta”
  • Italian: “Soletta”
  • Japanese: “ゾロトゥルン州”
  • Javanese: “Solothurn”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾಂಟನ್ ಆಫ್ ಸೋಲೋಥರ್ನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Золотурн”
  • Kirghiz: “Золотурн”
  • Korean: “졸로투른 주”
  • Korean: “졸로투른”
  • Korean: “졸로투른주”
  • Kurdish: “Solothurn (kanton)”
  • Kurdish: “Solothurn”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de Solothurn”
  • Latin: “Solodurum”
  • Latvian: “Zoloturnas kantons”
  • Limburgan: “Solothurn”
  • Lingala: “Kanton ya Soloturn”
  • Lithuanian: “Zoloturno kantonas”
  • Lombard: “Canton Soleta”
  • Lombard: “Canton Suleta”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Luxembourgish: “Solothurn”
  • Macedonian: “Золотурн”
  • Malay: “Solothurn”
  • Marathi: “सोलोथुर्न”
  • Mazanderani: “سولوتورن کانتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Solothurn Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Solothurn”
  • Northern Sami: “Solothurn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Solothurn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantonen Solothurn”
  • Norwegian: “Solothurn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Solothurn”
  • Oromo: “Solothurn”
  • Ossetian: “Золотурн (кантон)”
  • Ossetian: “Золотурн”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੋਲੋਥੁਰਨ”
  • Persian: “سولوتهورن”
  • Persian: “کانتون سولوتورن”
  • Polish: “Solura”
  • Portuguese: “Soleura”
  • Pushto: “سولوتورن”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Solothurn”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Soloturn”
  • Romansh: “Soloturn”
  • Russian: “Золотурн”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Solothurn”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Золотурн”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Солотурн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Solothurn”
  • Sicilian: “Canton Soletta”
  • Sinhala: “සොලොතර්න් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Solothurn”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Somali: “Solothurn”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سولوتهورن”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Soleura”
  • Spanish: “Soleura”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Solothurn”
  • Swedish: “Solothurn”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Soledurn”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Solothurn”
  • Tajik: “Золотурн”
  • Tamil: “கான்டோன் ஆப் சொலத்தூர்ன்”
  • Tatar: “Золотурн”
  • Telugu: “కాంటన్ ఆఫ్ సోలోథమ్”
  • Thai: “รัฐโซโลทวร์น”
  • Turkish: “Solothurn”
  • Ukrainian: “Золотурн”
  • Ukrainian: “Золоту́рн”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن زولوتورن”
  • Uzbek: “Zoloturn”
  • Venetian: “Canton Sołeta”
  • Vietnamese: “Solothurn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Solothurn”
  • Welsh: “Solothurn”
  • Western Panjabi: “سولوتھرن”
  • Wu Chinese: “索洛图恩州”
  • Yue Chinese: “索洛同州”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Höngen and Pfadiheim.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: LINDE and Tanksäulenmuseum.

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Worth a closer look: Zurich and Bern.

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