Welschenrohr

Also known as Welschenrohr SO, Rosières, Rosieres

Welschenrohr (French: Rosières) is a former municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Gänsbrunnen and Welschenrohr merged to form the new municipality of Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Welschenrohr
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.image_photo: Welschenrohr.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Welschenrohr village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Welschenrohr-blazon.svg
Swiss town.canton: Solothurn
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SO
Swiss town.district: Thal
Swiss town.postal_code: 4716
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2429
Swiss town.area: 12.99
Swiss town.elevation: 680
Swiss town.population: 1076
Swiss town.populationof: December 2019
Swiss town.popofyear: 2019
Swiss town.website: welschenrohr.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Balm bei Günsberg, Gänsbrunnen, Herbetswil, Oberdorf, Rüttenen

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
References
External links

==History== Welschenrohr is first mentioned in 1179 as Rore. An important watch manufacturing place up to the 1960s, its economy was heavily affected by the late 1960s watch crisis. Now, its economy specializes in fine mechanics.

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