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Grenchen
Solothurn · Switzerland
City population
15,927
#65
in Switzerland
#3
in Solothurn
#30,076
worldwide
47.192, 7.396 · 27 km from Bern
About Grenchen
Grenchen is a city in Solothurn, Switzerland with a population of 15,927. It is the 65th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 30,076th largest worldwide. It lies 27 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Solothurn
Rank in region
#3of 3
Elevation
454 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.192, 7.396
Record updated
2023-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 73 in SwitzerlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.