Swiss Towns / Episode 152

Nuglar-St. Pantaleon

31 December 1969 · Solothurn

What happened in this episode?

In episode 152, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon was selected by the wheel and eliminated from the Swiss Towns series. The municipality finished in place 1'959 out of 2'110 participants. After this spin, 1'958 municipalities remained in the race.

Municipality profile

Nuglar-St. Pantaleon lies in the canton of Solothurn. It has 1'580 permanent residents and covers 6.34 km², which corresponds to around 249 residents per km².

A violent whirlwind struck in 1835.

On 7 July 1835, a violent whirlwind tore through Nuglar during a severe thunderstorm. More than one thousand trees were uprooted, and houses and the chapel were badly damaged.

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