Subdivisions Of The Canton Of Solothurn
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Subdivisions Of The Canton Of Solothurn
The Subdivisions of the canton of Solothurn include: * 5 electoral districts (german: Amtei) * 10 districts (german: Bezirk) * 125 municipalities (german: Gemeinde) See also * Districts of Switzerland * Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn These are the 107 municipalities of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland (). List * Aedermannsdorf * Aeschi (SO) * Balm bei Günsberg *Balsthal *Bärschwil *Bättwil * Beinwil (SO) *Bellach * Bettlach *Biberist * Biezwil *Bolken *Boningen * B ... {{Portal bar, Switzerland ...
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Bezirk
The German term ''Bezirk'' (plural ''Bezirke'', derived from la, circulus, "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions: * '' Stadtbezirk'', a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e.g. in Berlin, Hamburg or Vienna), often again subdivided into several quarters and neighbourhoods. According to German ''Gemeindeordnung'' codes, the city council resolves upon the implementation by municipal by-law (''Satzung''). In some cities the ''Bezirke'' have limited powers delegated to them by the city's local government, including an assembly resulting from local elections and an own 'mayor' (''Bürgermeister''). In the German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate any municipality is authorized to implement ''Ortsbezirke'' with own advisory councils and local administrators. The state law in North Rhine-Westphalia commits the municipal administration of an independent city to subdivide the urban area into ''Stadtbezirke''. * ...
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Municipalities Of The Canton Of Solothurn
These are the 107 municipalities of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland (). List * Aedermannsdorf * Aeschi (SO) * Balm bei Günsberg *Balsthal *Bärschwil *Bättwil * Beinwil (SO) *Bellach * Bettlach *Biberist * Biezwil *Bolken *Boningen * Breitenbach * Buchegg * Büren (SO) * Büsserach * Däniken * Deitingen * Derendingen * Dornach * Drei Höfe *Dulliken * Egerkingen * Eppenberg-Wöschnau * Erlinsbach (SO) * Erschwil *Etziken * Fehren *Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus *Flumenthal *Fulenbach * Gempen * Gerlafingen *Grenchen *Gretzenbach * Grindel *Günsberg *Gunzgen *Hägendorf * Halten *Härkingen * Hauenstein-Ifenthal * Herbetswil * Himmelried * Hochwald *Hofstetten-Flüh * Holderbank (SO) *Horriwil *Hubersdorf *Hüniken *Kammersrohr * Kappel (SO) * Kestenholz * Kienberg *Kleinlützel * Kriegstetten * Langendorf * Laupersdorf * Lohn-Ammannsegg *Lommiswil *Lostorf *Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen *Luterbach *Lüterkofen-Ichertswil * Lüterswil-Gächliwil * Matzendorf * Meltingen * Messen *Me ...
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Gemeinde (Switzerland)
Municipalities (german: Gemeinden, ' or '; french: Commune (administrative division), communes; it , comuni; rm, vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss cantons, which form the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts of Switzerland, districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions. There are 2,136 municipalities . Their populations range between several hundred thousand (Zürich), and a few dozen people (Kammersrohr, Bister, Switzerland, Bister), and their territory between 1 E5 m², 0.32 km² (Rivaz) and 1 E8 m², 439 km² (Scuol). History The beginnings of the modern municipality system date back to the Helvetic Republic. Under the Old Swiss Confederacy, citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protect ...
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Dorneck District
Dorneck District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the north of the canton. Together with Thierstein District, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Dorneck-Thierstein. It has a population of (as of ). Five of the district's eleven municipalities are exclaves, either within the canton of Basel-Country or bordering France. Municipalities Dorneck District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes On 1 January 1986 the municipality of Hofstetten (SO) changed its name to Hofstetten-Flüh.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011


Geography

Dorneck has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.2% is ...
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Thierstein District
Thierstein District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the north of the canton. Together with the Dorneck District, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Dorneck-Thierstein. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Thierstein District contains twelve municipalities, with Kleinlützel existing as an exclave. Geography Thierstein has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housi ...
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Olten District
Olten District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated around the city of Olten. Together with the Gösgen District, it forms the electoral district of Olten-Gösgen. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Olten District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes On 1 January 1973 the former municipality of Grod merged into the municipality of Gretzenbach.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011


Geography

Olten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.7% is ei ...
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Gösgen District
Gösgen District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, situated to the northeast of the canton. Together with the Olten District, Gösgen forms the electoral district of Olten-Gösgen. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Gösgen District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes *On 1 January 2006 the former municipalities of Obererlinsbach and Niedererlinsbach merged to form the new municipality of Erlinsbach.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011
*On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Rohr merged into Stüsslingen.


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Solothurn District
Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the Capital (political), capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains. The town is the only municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of the Solothurn (district), district of the same name. The town got its name from Salodurum, a Roman-era settlement. From 1530 to 1792 it was the seat of the France, French ambassador (diplomacy), ambassador to Switzerland. The pedestrian-only old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an impressive array of Baroque architecture, combining Italian Grandezza, French style, and Swiss ideas. The town has eighteen structures listed as heritage sites. The official language of Solothurn is (the Swiss variety of Standard) Swiss Standard German, German, but the main spoken ...
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Lebern District
Lebern District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, situated to the west of the canton. Together with the city of Solothurn, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Solothurn-Lebern. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Lebern District contains the following municipalities: : Includes population and area from Niederwil which became part of Riedholz in 2011 Mergers In 2011 Niederwil merged into Riedholz.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011


Geography

Lebern has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.4% i ...
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Thal District
Thal District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated in the centre of the canton. Together with the Gäu District, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Thal-Gäu. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Thal District contains the following municipalities: Geography Thal has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure mad ...
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