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 Solothurn and Biel/Bienne, approximately 25 km north of Bern.
- Type: Town with 16,400 residents
- Description: municipality in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Grenchen SO”
- Postal code: 2540
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grenchen Süd railway station and St. Eusebius Parish Church.
Grenchen Süd railway station
Railway station
Grenchen Nord railway station
Railway station
Grenchen Nord railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Grenchen, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by regional and long-distance trains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bettlach and Lengnau.
Bettlach
Village
Bettlach is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Bettlach is situated 2½ km northeast of Grenchen.
Lengnau
Village
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Village
Grenchen
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland, city of Switzerland, and locality
- Location: Grenchen, Lebern District, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.19115° or 47° 11′ 28″ north
Longitude
7.39672° or 7° 23′ 48″ east
Population
16,400
Elevation
454 metres (1,490 feet)
IATA airport code
ZHI
United Nations Location Code
CH GRN
Open location code
8FV959RW+FM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Grenchen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “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”
- Tosk Albanian: “Grenchen”
- Turkish: “Grenchen”
- Ukrainian: “Гренхен”
- Upper Sorbian: “Grenchen”
- Uzbek: “Grenchen”
- Uzbek: “Grenxen”
- Uzbek: “Гренхен”
- Venetian: “Grenchen”
- Volapük: “Grenchen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Grenchen”
- Welsh: “Grenchen”
- “Grenchen”
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