Grenchen

Grenchen
Grenchen
	Grenchen
	; Coat of arms
	Location of Grenchen
	Grenchen Grenchen
	Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°24′E / 47.183°N 7.400°ECoordinates: 47°11′N 7°24′E / 47.183°N 7.400°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Lebern
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat ; with 15 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list); François Scheidegger FDP/PRD; (as of 2014)
Area
• Total	26.08 km2 (10.07 sq mi)
Elevation	451 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)
• Total	17,371
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Postal code	2540
SFOS number	2546
Surrounded by	Arch (BE), Bettlach, Büren an der Aare (BE), Court (BE), Lengnau (BE), Romont (BE), Rüti bei Büren (BE), Selzach
Twin towns	Neckarsulm (Germany), Sélestat (France)
Website	www.grenchen.ch ; SFSO statistics

Grenchen (French: Granges) is a city in the district Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

With a population of around 16,000 people, it is one of the largest municipalities in the canton of Solothurn.

HistoryEdit

In the year 1000, a castle was built in Grenchen and was lived in for a few hundred years, but the name Grenchen was not first used until 1131. Its name comes from the Gallo-Romanic word graneca, which means by the grainery.

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

Other websitesEdit

Official website (in German)

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[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v3-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v3-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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Grenchen
Grenchen
Coat of arms
Location of Grenchen
Grenchen Show map of Switzerland Grenchen Show map of Canton of Solothurn
Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°24′E / 47.183°N 7.400°E / 47.183; 7.400Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°24′E / 47.183°N 7.400°E / 47.183; 7.400
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Solothurn
District	Lebern
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 15 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) François Scheidegger FDP/PRD (as of 2014)
Area ^[1]
• Total	26.08 km² (10.07 sq mi)
Elevation	451 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)^[2]
• Total	17,371
• Density	670/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Postal code	2540
SFOS number	2546
Surrounded by	Arch (BE), Bettlach, Büren an der Aare (BE), Court (BE), Lengnau (BE), Romont (BE), Rüti bei Büren (BE), Selzach
Twin towns	Neckarsulm (Germany), Sélestat (France)
Website	www.grenchen.ch SFSO statistics