Seftigen District
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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.
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Seftigen District
Amtsbezirk Seftigen | |
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District | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Bern |
Capital | Belp |
Area | |
• Total | 189 km2 (73 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 36,739 |
• Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Municipalities | 25 |
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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 Ostermundingen 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 Berne.
The district has an area of 189 km² and consists of 25 municipalities:
More information Municipality, Population (Dec 2007) ...
Municipality | Population (Dec 2007)[1] | Area (km²) |
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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 |
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