Seftigen District
Amtsbezirk Seftigen
District
Location of Seftigen District
Country  Switzerland
Canton Bern
CapitalBelp
Area
  Total189 km2 (73 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
  Total36,739
  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 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:

Municipality Population (Dec 2007)[1] Area (km²)
Belp9,68217.6
Belpberg3845.7
Burgistein1,0577.5
Gelterfingen2503.5
Gerzensee9947.8
Gurzelen7794.5
Jaberg2451.3
Kaufdorf9542.1
Kehrsatz3,8404.4
Kienersrüti500.8
Kirchdorf8496.1
Kirchenthurnen2771.3
Lohnstorf2281.8
Mühledorf (BE)2362.3
Mühlethurnen1,2942.9
Niedermuhlern5387.2
Noflen2342.7
Riggisberg1,9337.7
Rüeggisberg1,89835.7
Rümligen4654.7
Seftigen2,0953.9
Toffen2,4394.9
Uttigen1,7453.0
Wald1,14113.3
Wattenwil2,72114.5

References

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

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