Grenchen
Sign in to saveGrenchen (; ) 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
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- 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.