Seftigen district

Seftigen district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Belp
Area :	190.27 km²
Residents:	36,739 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	193 inhabitants per km²
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The Seftigen district was an administrative unit of the Canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The administrative district with its main town Belp comprised 25 communities with 36,739 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2007) on 190.27 km² (as of January 1, 2009):

history

The Seftigen district emerged from the Seftigen district court established by Bern in 1388 . The district court was under the administration of the Venner zu Pfistern .

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2007)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Belp	9682	17.56	551
Belpberg	384	5.70	67
Burgistein	1057	7.52	141
Applied	250	3.50	71
Gerzensee	994	7.81	127
Gurzelen	779	4.52	172
Jaberg	275	1.31	210
Kaufdorf	954	2.06	463
Sweeping	3840	4.44	865
Kienersrüti	50	0.80	63
Church Village	849	6.10	139
Church gymnastics	277	1.23	225
Lohnstorf	228	1.79	127
Mühledorf	236	2.30	103
Mill turners	1294	2.93	442
Niedermuhlern	538	7.26	74
Emergencies	234	2.71	86
Riggisberg	2344	29.84	79
Rüeggisberg	1898	35.81	53
Rumbly	465	4.66	100
Juicy	2095	3.89	539
Toff	2439	4.88	500
Uttigen	1745	3.81	458
Forest	1141	13.30	86
Wattenwil	2721	14.54	187
Total (25)	36,739	190.27	193

Changes in the community

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  Parishes until 1859

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  Municipalities until 1901

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  Municipalities until 2003

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  Municipalities until 2008

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1860: Name change from Thurnen → Kirchenthurnen
• 1902: Name change from Obermuhleren-Zimmerwald → Zimmerwald
• 2004: Fusion Englisberg and Zimmerwald → Wald (BE)
• 2009: Merger of Riggisberg and Rüti near Riggisberg → Riggisberg
• 2010: District change from Burgistein , Gurzelen , Kienersrüti , Seftigen , Uttigen and Wattenwil from the Seftigen district → Thun administrative district
• 2010: District change of all 19 remaining municipalities from the Seftigen district → Bern-Mittelland administrative district

Web links

• Anne-Marie Dubler: Seftigen (court, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office