Ostermundigen
Municipality in Bern, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ostermundigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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Ostermundigen | |
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Coordinates: 46.95501°N 7.48940°E / 46.95501; 7.48940 | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Bern |
District | Bern-Mittelland |
Government | |
• Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
• Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Thomas Iten Ind. (as of March 2014) |
• Parliament | Grosser Gemeinderat with 40 members |
Area | |
• Total | 5.96 km2 (2.30 sq mi) |
Elevation (Ober-/Mitteldorfstrasse) | 548 m (1,798 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 17,751 |
• Density | 3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 3072 |
SFOS number | 0363 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
Surrounded by | Bern, Bolligen, Ittigen, Muri bei Bern, Stettlen |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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The city is the birthplace of an actress, Ursula Andress.
Most of the buildings in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Old City of Bern were built from sandstone quarried in Ostermundigen.