Seftigen District

Seftigen District
Amtsbezirk Seftigen
District
Location of Seftigen District
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
CapitalBelp
Area
 • Total
189 km2 (73 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
36,739
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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:

Municipality Population (Dec 2007)[1] Area (km²)
Belp 9,682 17.6
Belpberg 384 5.7
Burgistein 1,057 7.5
Gelterfingen 250 3.5
Gerzensee 994 7.8
Gurzelen 779 4.5
Jaberg 245 1.3
Kaufdorf 954 2.1
Kehrsatz 3,840 4.4
Kienersrüti 50 0.8
Kirchdorf 849 6.1
Kirchenthurnen 277 1.3
Lohnstorf 228 1.8
Mühledorf (BE) 236 2.3
Mühlethurnen 1,294 2.9
Niedermuhlern 538 7.2
Noflen 234 2.7
Riggisberg 1,933 7.7
Rüeggisberg 1,898 35.7
Rümligen 465 4.7
Seftigen 2,095 3.9
Toffen 2,439 4.9
Uttigen 1,745 3.0
Wald 1,141 13.3
Wattenwil 2,721 14.5

References

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

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