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Solothurn
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Solothurn
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Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°32′E / 47.217°N 7.533°E / 47.217; 7.533
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Solothurn
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 30 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Kurt Fluri FDP/PRD (as of March 2014)
Area [1]
• Total	6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	16,777
• Density	2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	4500
SFOS number	2601
Surrounded by	Bellach, Biberist, Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus, Langendorf, Rüttenen, Zuchwil
Twin towns	Heilbronn (Germany), Kraków (Poland), Le Landeron (Switzerland)
Website	www.stadt-solothurn.ch SFSO statistics

Solothurn (German: Solothurn, French: Soleure, Italian: Soletta, Romansh: Soloturn) is a district and the capital of the Swiss canton of Solothurn. As of December 2016, 16,697 people lived there. It is the only municipality of the district of the same name.

Media related to Solothurn at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of the city of Solothurn (in German)
• Solothurn tourist office Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine D/F + (in English)

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