Grenchen

Grenchen is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located at the foot of the Jura mountains between and , approximately 25 km north of .
  • Town with 16,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 454 metres (1,490 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ZHI
  • …is also known as “Grenchen SO”
  • Description: municipality in Switzerland
  • Postal code: 2540

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grenchen Süd railway station and St. Eusebius Parish Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bettlach and Lengnau.
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Grenchen

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Latitude
47.19115° or 47° 11′ 28″ north
Longitude
7.39672° or 7° 23′ 48″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH GRN
Open location code
8FV959RW+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Grenchen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Grenchen”
  • Arabic: “غرينشين”
  • Aragonese: “Grenchen”
  • Armenian: “Գրենխեն”
  • Basque: “Grenchen”
  • Breton: “Grenchen”
  • Catalan: “Grenchen”
  • Cebuano: “Grenchen (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Grenchen”
  • Chinese: “格伦兴”
  • Chinese: “格倫興”
  • Chuvash: “Гренхен”
  • Czech: “Grenchen”
  • Danish: “Grenchen”
  • Dutch: “Grenchen”
  • Esperanto: “Grenchen”
  • Finnish: “Grenchen”
  • French: “Granges SO”
  • French: “Granges”
  • French: “Grenchen”
  • German: “Grenchen SO”
  • German: “Grenchen”
  • Hebrew: “גרנשן”
  • Hungarian: “Grenchen”
  • Irish: “Grenchen”
  • Italian: “Grenchen”
  • Japanese: “グレンチェン”
  • Japanese: “グレンヒェン”
  • Japanese: “グレンヘン”
  • Kazakh: “Гренхен”
  • Korean: “그렌헨”
  • Kurdish: “Grenchen”
  • Latvian: “Grenhene”
  • Lithuanian: “Grenchenas”
  • Lombard: “Grenchen”
  • Malay: “Grenchen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grenchen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grenchen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grenchen”
  • Norwegian: “Grenchen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Grenchen”
  • Persian: “گرانشان”
  • Polish: “Grenchen”
  • Portuguese: “Grenchen”
  • Pushto: “ګرینخن”
  • Romanian: “Grenchen”
  • Russian: “Гренхен”
  • Scots: “Grenchen”
  • Serbian: “Grenchen”
  • Serbian: “Гренхен”
  • Slovak: “Grenchen”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گرانشان”
  • Spanish: “Grenchen”
  • Swedish: “Grenchen”
  • Swiss German: “Gränche”
  • Swiss German: “Grenchen”
  • Turkish: “Grenchen”
  • Ukrainian: “Гренхен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Grenchen”
  • Uzbek: “Grenchen”
  • Uzbek: “Grenxen”
  • Uzbek: “Гренхен”
  • Venetian: “Grenchen”
  • Volapük: “Grenchen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grenchen”
  • Welsh: “Grenchen”

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