Swiss Towns / Episode 122
Rüttenen
23 October 2026 · Solothurn
What happened in this episode?
In episode 122, Rüttenen was selected by the wheel and eliminated from the Swiss Towns series. The municipality finished in place 1'989 out of 2'110 participants. After this spin, 1'988 municipalities remained in the race.
Municipality profile
Rüttenen lies in the canton of Solothurn. It has 1'498 permanent residents and covers 8.77 km², which corresponds to around 171 residents per km².
- Canton: Solothurn
- 1'498 permanent residents
- Area: 8.77 km²
Rüttenen's Verena Gorge became a landscape monument.
Ice-age glaciers and the St. Katharinen stream shaped an 800-metre gorge in the limestone. In 1791, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil laid out its path as a romantic landscape garden.