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Olten
Solothurn · Switzerland
City population
18,362
#47
in Switzerland
#1
in Solothurn
#27,105
worldwide
47.350, 7.903 · 56 km from Bern
About Olten
Olten is a city in Solothurn, Switzerland with a population of 18,362. It is the 47th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 27,105th largest worldwide. It lies 56 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Solothurn
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
406 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.350, 7.903
Record updated
2025-06-13
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.