Obersimmental district

Obersimmental district
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
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

• 

  Municipalities until 2009

• 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

Commons : Obersimmental District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Obersimmental. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office