Grenchen
Grenchen (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 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.
Around 1000 AD, the local barons built a castle on the local cliff that was inhabited for three centuries. The name Grenchen was first documented in 1131 as Granechun. The name comes from the gallo-romanic graneca, meaning by the granary.
* 1851: Clock manufacture begins
* 1918: General strike
It is located at the foot of the Jura mountains between Solothurn and Biel/Bienne, approximately 25 km 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.
Around 1000 AD, the local barons built a castle on the local cliff that was inhabited for three centuries. The name Grenchen was first documented in 1131 as Granechun. The name comes from the gallo-romanic graneca, meaning by the granary.
* 1851: Clock manufacture begins
* 1918: General strike
Map - Grenchen
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Country - Switzerland
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Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas the Swiss population of approximately 8.7 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities and economic centres are located, including Zürich, Geneva and Basel.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| CHF | Swiss franc | Fr | 2 |
| CHE | WIR Bank | 2 | |
| CHW | WIR Bank | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| FR | French language |
| DE | German language |
| IT | Italian language |
| RM | Romansh language |