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Olten
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Olten (; High Alemannic: Oute or Olte) is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.
Olten is a town located in the Swiss canton of Solothurn, where it serves as the capital of its district. The town is known locally by different names in its regional dialect, including Oute or Olte in High Alemannic.
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Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Olten
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Picswiss_SO-18-02.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Old town with covered bridge
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- city
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Olten-blason.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Solothurn
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SO
- Swiss town.district
- Olten
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 4600
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2581
- Swiss town.area
- 11.49
- Swiss town.elevation
- 396
- Swiss town.website
- olten.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Thomas Marbet
- Swiss town.mayor_asof
- August 2021
- Swiss town.mayor_party
- SP
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Stadtpräsident
- Swiss town.list_of_mayors
- List of mayors of Olten
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Olten
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Olten District
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 19051
- Area
- 11.49
- Elevation
- 396
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Aare
- Capital of
- Olten District
- Official website
- www.olten.ch
- Image
- Picswiss SO-18-02.jpg
- Dialing code
- 062
- Licence plate code
- SO
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- P8168
- Diamant
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Olten, Switzerland
- postal code
- 4600
- Commons category
- Olten
- twinned administrative body
- Stierva
- topic's main category
- Category:Olten
- Commons gallery
- Olten
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Olten
- native label
- Olten
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2581
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Culture
- Politics
- Economy
- Transport
- Religion
- Churches
- Education
- Sports
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Olten (; High Alemannic: Oute or Olte) is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.
Olten grew into a town during the Middle Ages at the location of a bridge over the Aare. After a period of decline, it grew rapidly as a railway town in the 19th century. Its railway station is a major rail hub of Switzerland, located at the junction of lines to Zurich, Basel, Bern, and Lucerne, all of which are within 30 minutes by train, and the town is also home to a depot for Swiss Federal Railways.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olten” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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