Grenchen

Grenchen
Grenchen
Municipality
	Grenchen
	Coat of arms
	Location of Grenchen
	Grenchen Grenchen
	Coordinates: 47°11′26″N 7°23′47″E / 47.19056°N 7.39639°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 (31 December 2018)
• Total	17,371
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	2540
SFOS number	2546
ISO 3166 code	CH-SO
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 municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

It is located at the foot of the Jura mountains between Solothurn and Biel/Bienne, approximately 25 km (16 mi) north of Bern. With over 16,000 inhabitants, it is one of the larger towns of the canton of Solothurn. The city is well known for its watch industry, that has been present for more than 150 years.

Grenchen was the 2008 winner of the Wakker Prize for architectural heritage.

Jura-Sternwarte Grenchen is located at Grenchen.

^ ^a ^b "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.

[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v13-1] "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v13-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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