Seftigen District

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Seftigen District
Amtsbezirk Seftigen
District
CHE Belp Flag.svg
CHE Belp COA.svg
Karte Bezirk Seftigen 2007.png
Country Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Canton Flag of Canton of Bern.svg  Bern
Capital Belp
Area
  Total
189 km2 (73 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
  Total
36,739
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities25

Seftigen District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital, while having administrative power, was the municipality of Seftigen.

From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while seeing its constituent municipalities being divided and partly resettled in the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), whose administrative centre is Ostermundigen but also in the Thun (administrative district), whose administrative centre being Thun.

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

The district has an area of 189 km² and consists of 25 municipalities:

MunicipalityPopulation (Dec 2007) [1] Area (km²)
Belp 9,68217.6
Belpberg 3845.7
Burgistein 1,0577.5
Gelterfingen 2503.5
Gerzensee 9947.8
Gurzelen 7794.5
Jaberg 2451.3
Kaufdorf 9542.1
Kehrsatz 3,8404.4
Kienersrüti 500.8
Kirchdorf 8496.1
Kirchenthurnen 2771.3
Lohnstorf 2281.8
Mühledorf (BE) 2362.3
Mühlethurnen 1,2942.9
Niedermuhlern 5387.2
Noflen 2342.7
Riggisberg 1,9337.7
Rüeggisberg 1,89835.7
Rümligen 4654.7
Seftigen 2,0953.9
Toffen 2,4394.9
Uttigen 1,7453.0
Wald 1,14113.3
Wattenwil 2,72114.5

References

  1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 14-Jul-2009

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