Solothurn

Solothurn is a town in , in the at the southern edge of the Jura Mountains, on the River Aare, the capital of the canton of Solothurn.
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  • Type: Town with 16,600 residents
  • Description: capital of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Ambassadorenstadt”, “Chalâoro”, “Chalàrè”, “Distriktet Solothurn”, “Salâoro”, “Salàrou”, “Salàvrou”, “Salodurum”, “Salôvro”, “schönste Barockstadt der Schweiz”, “Soleurre”, “Solothurn SO”, “Soloturn.”, “Stadt Solothurn”, “Zoloturn”, “ზოლოტურნი”, “سولوثورن”, and “ゾーロトゥルン”
  • Postal code: 4500

Places of Interest

Highlights: Solothurn railway station and Solothurn Cathedral.

Railway station
serves the municipality…

Church
The St. Ursus Cathedral or is the…

Museum
The or Art Museum Solothurn is an art museum in the Swiss town Solothurn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zuchwil and Langendorf.

Village
is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt…

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of , located in the district of Lebern.

Village
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.
is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in .

Solothurn

Latitude
47.2081° or 47° 12′ 29″ north
Longitude
7.5384° or 7° 32′ 18″ east
Population
16,600
Elevation
440 metres (1,444 feet)
IATA airport code
ZKS
Open location code
8FV96G5Q+79
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Solothurn” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Solloturni”
  • Amharic: “ሶሎቱርን”
  • Arabic: “سولوتورن”
  • Aragonese: “Soleura”
  • Armenian: “Զոլոթուռն”
  • Armenian: “Զոլտուրն”
  • Arpitan: “Salôrro”
  • Azerbaijani: “Soloturn”
  • Basque: “Solothurn”
  • Belarusian: “Залатурн”
  • Belarusian: “Залятурн”
  • Belarusian: “Золатурн”
  • Bengali: “সলোথার্ন”
  • Breton: “Solothurn”
  • Bulgarian: “Золотурн”
  • Catalan: “Solothurn”
  • Cebuano: “Solothurn (kapital sa kanton)”
  • Cebuano: “Solothurn”
  • Chechen: “Золотурн”
  • Chinese: “索洛图恩”
  • Chinese: “索洛圖恩”
  • Chuvash: “Золотурн”
  • Croatian: “Solothurn”
  • Czech: “Solothurn”
  • Danish: “Solothurn”
  • Dutch: “Solothurn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سولوتورن”
  • Esperanto: “Soloturno”
  • Estonian: “Solothurn”
  • Finnish: “Solothurn”
  • French: “Soleure”
  • Georgian: “ზოლოთურნი”
  • German: “Solothurn”
  • Greek: “Σόλοτουρν”
  • Hausa: “Solothurn”
  • Hebrew: “זולותורן”
  • Hindi: “सोलोथर्न”
  • Hungarian: “Solothurn”
  • Indonesian: “Solothurn”
  • Interlingue: “Solothurn”
  • Irish: “Solothurn”
  • Italian: “Soletta”
  • Japanese: “ゾロトゥルン”
  • Javanese: “Solothurn”
  • Kazakh: “Золотурн”
  • Kirghiz: “Золотурн”
  • Korean: “졸로투른”
  • Kurdish: “Solothurn”
  • Latin: “Solodurum”
  • Latvian: “Zoloturna”
  • Lithuanian: “Zoloturnas”
  • Lombard: “Suleta”
  • Luxembourgish: “Solothurn”
  • Macedonian: “Золотурн”
  • Malagasy: “Solothurn”
  • Malay: “Solothurn”
  • Maltese: “Solothurn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Solothurn”
  • Mingrelian: “ზოლოთურნი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Solothurn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Solothurn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Solothurn”
  • Norwegian: “Solothurn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Solothurn”
  • Oromo: “Solothurn”
  • Ossetian: “Золотурн”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੋਲੋਥੁਰਨ”
  • Persian: “زولوتورن”
  • Persian: “سولوتورن”
  • Piemontese: “Solothurn”
  • Polish: “Solura”
  • Portuguese: “Soleura”
  • Pushto: “سولوتهورن”
  • Pushto: “سولوتورن”
  • Romanian: “Solothurn”
  • Romansh: “Soloturn”
  • Russian: “Золотурн”
  • Scots: “Solothurn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Solothurn”
  • Serbian: “Золотурн”
  • Serbian: “Солотурн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Solothurn”
  • Sicilian: “Solothurn”
  • Slovak: “Solothurn”
  • Slovenian: “Solothurn”
  • Somali: “Solothurn”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سولوتورن”
  • Spanish: “Soleura”
  • Swahili: “Solothurn”
  • Swedish: “Solothurn”
  • Swiss German: “Soledurn”
  • Swiss German: “Solothurn”
  • Tajik: “Золотурн”
  • Tatar: “Золотурн”
  • Thai: “โซโลทวร์น”
  • Thai: “โซโลทูร์น”
  • Turkish: “Solothurn, İsviçre”
  • Turkish: “Solothurn”
  • Ukrainian: “Золотурн”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Solothurn”
  • Urdu: “زولوتورن”
  • Urdu: “سولوتھرن”
  • Uzbek: “Solothurn”
  • Uzbek: “Soloturn”
  • Venetian: “Sołeta (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Sołeta”
  • Vietnamese: “Solothurn”
  • Volapük: “Solothurn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Solothurn”
  • Welsh: “Solothurn”
  • Wu Chinese: “索洛图恩”
  • “Solothurn”

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