Frutigen district

Frutigen district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Frutigen
Area :	489.07 km²
Residents:	18,643 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Frutigen was an administrative unit of the canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The administrative district with the main town of Frutigen comprised seven communities on 489.07 km²:

The administrative district of Frutigen was essentially identical to the historical region of Frutigland .

Communities

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2008)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Adelboden	3615	87.61	41
Aeschi near Spiez	1981	30.99	64
Frutigen	6682	72.28	92
Kandergrund	811	32.09	25th
Kandersteg	1203	134.33	9
Krattigen	953	6.00	159
Reichenbach in the Kandertal	3398	125.77	27
Total (7)	18,643	489.07	38

Changes in the community

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  Parishes until 1849

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  Municipalities until 1908

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  Municipalities until 1956

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1850: Split from Frutigen → Kandergrund
• 1909: Split from Kandergrund → Kandersteg
• 1957: Change of name from Reichenbach near Frutigen → Reichenbach im Kandertal
• 2010: District change of all 7 municipalities from the Frutigen district → Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district

Web links

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Frutigen (rule, administrative district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office