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Grenchen

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Also known as Grenchen SO

Grenchen (; ) is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Grenchen
Swiss town.municipality_type
city
Swiss town.image_photo
Grenchen waldrand.JPG
Swiss town.image_caption
Grenchen
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Grenchen-blazon.svg
Swiss town.canton
Solothurn
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-SO
Swiss town.district
Lebern
Swiss town.postal_code
2540
Swiss town.municipality_code
2546
Swiss town.area
26.01
Swiss town.elevation
451
Swiss town.populationof
June 2007
Swiss town.mayor
François Scheidegger
Swiss town.mayor_asof
2014
Swiss town.mayor_party
FDP
Swiss town.mayor_title
Stadtpräsident
Swiss town.list_of_mayors
List of mayors of Grenchen

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Sights
  • Politics
  • Transport
  • Economy
  • Watch industry
  • Sport
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • Sport
  • References
  • External links

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 north of Bern. With over 16,000 inhabitants, it is one of the larger towns of the canton of Solothurn. The city is well known for its watch industry, that has been present for more than 150 years.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grenchen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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