Obersimmental district
Obersimmental district | |
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Basic data | |
Country: | Switzerland |
Canton : | Bern (BE) |
Main town : | Zweisimmen |
Area : | 333.92 km² |
Residents: | 8052 (31 December 2008) |
Population density : | 24 inhabitants per km² |
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The Obersimmental district was an administrative unit of the canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The seat of the governor was Blankenburg Castle in Zweisimmen . The district comprised four municipalities with 8052 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2008) on 333.92 km²:
Communities
Name of the parish | Population (December 31, 2008) |
Area in km² | Inhabitants per km² |
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Boltigen | 1404 | 77.07 | 18th |
Lenk | 2371 | 122.96 | 19th |
St. Stephan | 1364 | 60.89 | 22nd |
Zweisimmen | 2913 | 73.00 | 40 |
Total (4) | 8052 | 333.92 | 24 |
Changes in the community
- 2010: District change of all 4 municipalities from the Obersimmental district → Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district
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- Ludwig Samuel von Tscharner: The legal sources of the Canton of Bern, Part Two: Rights of the Landscape, Volume 1: The statutory law of the Simmental until 1798, 1st half-volume: The Obersimmental (= Swiss Jurists' Association. Legal Sources Foundation [Ed.]: Collection of Swiss Legal Sources . II . Department). Sauerländer, Aarau 1912 ( online ).
Web links
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