Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen Explained

Subject Name:	Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen
Municipality Type:	municipality
Imagepath Coa:	Welschenrohr-blazon.svg
Canton:	Solothurn
Iso-Code-Region:	CH-SO
Coordinates:	47.2667°N 35°W
Postal Code:	4716
Municipality Code:	2430
Area:	11.44
Elevation:	732

Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Gänsbrunnen and Welschenrohr merged to form the new municipality of Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen.^[1]

History

Gänsbrunnen

Gänsbrunnen is first mentioned in 1428.

Welschenrohr

Welschenrohr is first mentioned in 1179 as Rore. An important watch manufacturing place up to the 1960s, its economy was heavily affected by the late 1960s watch crisis. Now, its economy specializes in fine mechanics.

Wisent rewilding

From September 2022, at least five European bisons will live in semi-freedom, within a large enclosure that is accessible by existing hiking paths. The long-term project near the Sollmatt farm will monitor how the bison cope with the local landscape and climate, and decide whether releasing the large animals into the Swiss Jura Mountains is feasible.

Geography

One of the largest continuous forested areas of Switzerland is located on the north slope of the Weissenstein mountain, and is partly located on the area of Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen.

Demographics

The new municipality has a population of .

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:^[2] Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)ImageSize = width:1100 height:500PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100Legend = columns:2 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160AlignBars = justifyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:1700TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:300 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:60 start:0Colors= id:GA value:yellowgreen legend:Gansbrunnen id:WE value:green legend:WelschenrohrPlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:176 text:"176" color:GA bar:1860 from: 0 till:176 text:"176" color:GA bar:1870 from: 0 till:153 text:"153" color:GA bar:1880 from: 0 till:170 text:"170" color:GA bar:1888 from: 0 till:180 text:"180" color:GA bar:1900 from: 0 till:153 text:"153" color:GA bar:1910 from: 0 till:214 text:"214" color:GA bar:1920 from: 0 till:200 text:"200" color:GA bar:1930 from: 0 till:188 text:"188" color:GA bar:1941 from: 0 till:163 text:"163" color:GA bar:1950 from: 0 till:193 text:"193" color:GA bar:1960 from: 0 till:176 text:"176" color:GA bar:1970 from: 0 till:114 text:"114" color:GA bar:1980 from: 0 till:108 text:"108" color:GA bar:1990 from: 0 till:107 text:"107" color:GA bar:2000 from: 0 till:84 text:"84" color:GA bar:2010 from: 0 till:95 text:"95" color:GA bar:1850 from: 176 till:897 text:"721" color:WE bar:1860 from: 176 till:866 text:"690" color:WE bar:1870 from: 153 till:892 text:"739" color:WE bar:1880 from: 170 till:829 text:"659" color:WE bar:1888 from: 180 till:883 text:"703" color:WE bar:1900 from: 153 till:1046 text:"893" color:WE bar:1910 from: 214 till:1341 text:"1127" color:WE bar:1920 from: 200 till:1368 text:"1168" color:WE bar:1930 from: 188 till:1487 text:"1299" color:WE bar:1941 from: 163 till:1392 text:"1229" color:WE bar:1950 from: 193 till:1578 text:"1385" color:WE bar:1960 from: 176 till:1652 text:"1476" color:WE bar:1970 from: 114 till:1541 text:"1427" color:WE bar:1980 from: 108 till:1222 text:"1114" color:WE bar:1990 from: 107 till:1284 text:"1177" color:WE bar:2000 from: 84 till:1255 text:"1171" color:WE bar:2010 from: 95 till:1220 text:"1125" color:WE

Notes and References

1. Web site: Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden . 2021 . bfs.admin.ch . Swiss Federal Statistical Office . 5 January 2021.
2. https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000