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Solothurn (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 12 24 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.2066 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 31 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.5166 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the Aare river.developing from a Roman settlement, it became a free town of the Holy Roman Empire in 1218. Admitted to the Swiss Confederation in 1481, itbecame an important cultural center in the 18th century. Residence of the Roman Catholic bishop of Basle since 1828. |
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| Solothurn (preferred,C,V,German,U)
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| Soleure (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Soletta (C,V,Italian,U,N)
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| Soloturn (C,V,Romansh,U)
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| Castrum Salodurense (H,V)
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| Salodurum (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established as a Roman settlement |
| town (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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