Balsthal
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Balsthal is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Balsthal
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Balsthal-blazon.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Balsthal Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Solothurn
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SO
- Swiss town.district
- Thal
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 4710
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2422
- Swiss town.area
- 15.71
- Swiss town.elevation
- 489
- Swiss town.website
- balsthal.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Holderbank, Laupersdorf, Mümliswil-Ramiswil, Niederbipp (BE), Oberbuchsiten, Oensingen
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Balsthal
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Thal District
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 6117
- Area
- 15.71
- Elevation
- 501
- Capital of
- Thal District
- Official website
- www.balsthal.ch
- Image
- Balsthal-SO.jpg
- Dialing code
- 062
- Licence plate code
- SO
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- Commons category
- Balsthal
- P8168
- Lowell Weicker
- postal code
- 4710
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2422
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Weather
- Education
- References
- External links
Balsthal is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
==History== thumbnail|left|Woman shown in a traditional costume from Balsthal. Balsthal is first mentioned in 968 as Palcivallis. In 1255 it was mentioned as Balcetal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balsthal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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