Interlaken district

Interlaken district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Interlaken
Area :	677.92 km²
Residents:	38,386 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km²
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The Interlaken district was an administrative unit of the Canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The administrative district with the main town Interlaken comprised 23 communities on 677.92 km²:

Communities

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2008)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Beatenberg	1153	29.17	40
Bönigen	2383	15.10	158
Brienz (BE)	2996	48.06	62
Brienzwiler	533	17.64	30th
Därligen	401	6.93	58
Grindelwald	3826	171.33	22nd
Gsteigwiler	425	7.02	61
Gündlischwand	282	16.84	17th
Habkern	624	51.03	12
Hofstetten near Brienz	579	8.77	66
Interlaken	5319	4.27	1246
Iseltwald	397	21.91	18th
Lauterbrunnen	2452	164.51	15th
Leissigen	938	10.38	90
Lütschental	238	12.28	19th
Mats at Interlaken	3676	5.91	622
Niederried near Interlaken	335	4.28	78
Oberried on Lake Brienz	492	20.14	24
Ringgenberg (BE)	2709	8.73	310
Saxeten	103	19.38	5
Schwanden near Brienz	614	7.06	87
Unterseen	5453	13.99	390
Wilderswil	2458	13.19	186
Total (23)	38,386	677.92	57

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1890

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  Municipalities until 1910

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  Municipalities until 1913

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  Municipalities until 1972

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1853: Merger of Goldswil and Ringgenberg → Ringgenberg
• 1891: Name change from Aarmühle → Interlaken
• 1911: Change of name from Schwanden → Schwanden near Brienz
• 1914: Ebligen and Oberried am Brienzersee merge → Oberried am Brienzersee
• 1973: Merger of Isenfluh , Lauterbrunnen , Mürren and Wengen → Lauterbrunnen
• 2010: District change of all 23 municipalities from the Interlaken district → Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district

Web links

• Barbara Studer: Interlaken (monastery, administrative district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office