Solothurn SO
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Social Democratic Party
Boris Banga, Beatrice Heim
Swiss People’s Party
Roland Borer, Walther Wobmann
Radical Party
Kurt Fluri, Rudolf Steiner
Christian Democratic Party
Elvira Bader
Senate:
Rolf Bütiker, Radical Party and Ernst Leuenberger, Social Democratic Party
Christian Wanner, Esther Gassler
Walter Straumann, Klaus Fischer
Peter Gomm
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Capital: Solothurn
Area: 791 km2
Number of communes (2006): 125
Resident population (2005): 246’900
Foreign population (2005): 18.3%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 45’873
Unemployment rate (2006): 2.9%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1481
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