Place:Solothurn, Switzerland

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Name	Solothurn
Alt names	Canton of Solothurn
	Soletta	source: Family History Library Catalog
	Soleure	source: Family History Library Catalog
	Solothurn	source: Wikipedia
	Solothurn canton	source: Getty Vocabulary Program
Type	Canton
Coordinates	47.417°N 7.583°E
Located in	Switzerland (1481 - )

Contained Places

Inhabited place: Balsthal; Beinwil; Biberist; Dornach; Feldbrunnen; Gerlafingen; Grenchen; Gänsbrunnen; Kleinlützel; Lengnau; Oberdorf; Oensingen; Olten; Schönenwerd; Solothurn; Thunstetten; Trimbach; Zuchwil
Municipality: Brunnenthal ( 1387 - 2010 ); Egerkingen
Unknown: Aedermannsdorf; Aeschi; Aetingen; Bettlach; Breitenbach; Bucheggberg; Bärschwil; Büren; Büsserach; Deitingen; Dulliken; Erschwil; Flumenthal; Fulenbach; Gempen; Gilgenberg; Gretzenbach; Grindel; Günsberg; Hauenstein; Herbetswil; Himmelried; Hochwald; Hofstetten; Holderbank; Hägendorf; Härkingen; Höngen; Ifenthal; Kappel; Kestenholz; Kienberg; Kriegstetten; Laupersdorf; Lebern; Lostorf; Luterbach; Lüßlingen; Mariastein; Matzendorf; Meltingen; Messen; Metzerlen; Mieschegg; Mümliswil; Neuendorf; Niederbuchsiten; Niedererlinsbach; Niedergösgen; Nuglar; Nunningen; Oberbuchsiten; Obererlinsbach; Obergösgen; Oberkirch; Ramiswil; Rodersdorf; Rohr; Rüttenen; Sankt Niklaus; Sankt Pantaleon; Sankt Verena; Schnottwil; Seewen; Selzach; Starrkirch; Stüsslingen; Subingen; Tierstein; Wangen; Welschenrohr; Wisen; Witterswil; Wolfwil; Zullwil

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source: Family History Library Catalog

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Solothurn (German: ) is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.

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The territory of the canton comprises land acquired by the city. For that reason the shape of the canton is irregular and includes two exclaves along the French border, separated from the rest of the canton by Basel-Land, which form separate districts of the canton. Between 1798 and 1803 the canton was part of the Helvetic Republic. In 1803 Solothurn was one of the 19 Swiss cantons that were reconstituted by Napoleon (Mediation). Even though the population was strictly Roman Catholic, Solothurn did not join the Catholic separatist movement (Sonderbund) in 1845. Similarly, the federal constitutions of 1848 and 1874 were approved. The current constitution of the canton dates from 1987.

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