What is Messen?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Messen | image_photo = 2011-04-17 Balonveturo (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 169.JPG | image_caption = Aerial view of Messen | municipality_name = Messen | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = Messen-blazon.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Messen.png | languages = German | canton = Solothurn | iso-code-region = CH-SO | district = [[Bucheggberg (district)|Bucheggberg]] |coordinates = {{coord|47|6|N|7|27|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 3254 | municipality_code = 2457 | area = 7.08 | elevation = 505|elevation_description= | population = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-SO|2457}} | populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-SO}} | popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-SO}} | website = www.messen.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Balm bei Messen]], [[Brunnenthal, Switzerland|Brunnenthal]], [[Etzelkofen]] (BE), [[Mülchi]] (BE), [[Oberramsern]], [[Rapperswil, Bern|Rapperswil]] (BE), [[Ruppoldsried]] (BE), [[Scheunen]] (BE) | twintowns = }} '''Messen''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Bucheggberg (district)|district Bucheggberg]], in the [[canton of Solothurn]], [[Switzerland]]. On 1 January 2010, the former municipalities of [[Balm bei Messen]], [[Brunnenthal, Switzerland|Brunnenthal]], Messen and [[Oberramsern]] merged to form the municipality of Messen.<ref name=fusion>{{Cite report|title=Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |publisher=Federal Statistical Office |year=2009 |accessdate=6 March 2010 |docket=3162 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021059/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklatu