Niedersimmental District

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Niedersimmental District
Amtsbezirk Niedersimmental
District
CHE Wimmis Flag.svg
CHE Wimmis COA.svg
Karte Bezirk Niedersimmental 2007.png
Country Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Canton Flag of Canton of Bern.svg  Bern
Capital Wimmis
Area
  Total
306 km2 (118 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
  Total
21,705
  Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities9

Niedersimmental District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.

From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Frutigen-Niedersimmental (administrative district), whose administrative centre is Frutigen.

As of 2010, it remains therefore a fully recognised district under the law and the Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne.

Its capital, while having administrative power, was the municipality of Wimmis. The district had an area of 319 km2 and consisted of 9 municipalities:

MunicipalityPopulation (Dec 2007) [1] Area (km2)
Därstetten 85432.8
Diemtigen 2,138130.0
Erlenbach im Simmental 1,68836.7
Niederstocken 2815.5
Oberstocken 2904.1
Oberwil im Simmental 82946.0
Reutigen 93411.3
Spiez 12,41716.8
Wimmis 2,27422.3

References

  1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 10-Jul-2009

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