Editing Solothurn (section)

{{short description|Town in Switzerland}}
{{Infobox Switzerland municipality
|subject_name      = Solothurn
|image_photo       = Solothurn 2023.jpg
|municipality_type = town, municipality
|imagepath_flag    = CHE Solothurn SO Flag.svg
|imagepath_coa     = Coat of arms of Solothurn.svg 
|canton            = Solothurn
|iso-code-region   = CH-SO
|district          = [[Solothurn District|Solothurn]]
|coordinates       = {{Coord|47|12|30|N|7|32|14|E|type:city_region:CH-SO|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code       = 4500
|municipality_code = 2601
|area              = 6.28
|elevation         = 432 |elevation_description = Chapel of St Peter
|population        = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-SO|2601}}
|populationof      = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-SO}}
|popofyear         = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-SO}}
|website           = www.stadt-solothurn.ch
|mayor             = Stefanie Ingold |mayor_asof = 2021 |mayor_party = SP
|mayor_title       = Stadtpräsidentin |list_of_mayors = List of mayors of Solothurn
|parliament_name   = none (Gemeindeversammlung) |parliament_number_of_members =
|executive_name    = Gemeinderat |executive_number_of_members = 30
|places            =
|demonym           = {{langx|de|Solothurner(in)}}
|neighboring_municipalities = [[Bellach]], [[Biberist]], [[Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus]], [[Langendorf, Switzerland|Langendorf]], [[Rüttenen]], [[Zuchwil]]
|twintowns         = [[Heilbronn]] (Germany), [[Kraków]] (Poland), [[Le Landeron]] (Switzerland)
}}
'''Solothurn''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|oʊ|l|ə|t|ʊər|n|,_|ˈ|z|oʊ|-}} {{respell|SOH|lə|toorn|,_|ZOH|-}}; {{IPA|de|ˈzoːlotʊrn|lang|De-Solothurn.ogg}}; {{langx|fr|Soleure}} {{IPA|fr|sɔlœʁ|}}; {{langx|it|Soletta}} {{IPA|it|soˈletta|}}; {{langx|rm|{{audio|Roh-Soloturn.ogg|Soloturn|help=no}}}}) is a [[List of towns in Switzerland|town]], a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]], and the [[Capital (political)|capital]] of the [[canton of Solothurn]] in [[Switzerland]]. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the [[Aare]] and on the foot of the Weissenstein [[Jura mountains]].

The town is the only [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] of the [[Solothurn (district)|district]] of the same name.

The town got its name from Salodurum, a Roman-era settlement. From 1530 to 1792 it was the seat of the [[France|French]] [[ambassador (diplomacy)|ambassador]] to Switzerland. The pedestrian-only old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an impressive array of [[Baroque]] architecture, combining Italian Grandezza, French style, and Swiss ideas. The town has eighteen structures listed as heritage sites.

The official language of Solothurn is (the Swiss variety of Standard) [[Swiss Standard German|German]], but the main spoken language is the local variant of the [[Alemannic German|Alemannic]] [[Swiss German (linguistics)|Swiss German]] dialect.