Seftigen District
District
Native nameAmtsbezirk Seftigen
CantonBern
CapitalBelp
Area total189 km²
Population as of2007
Population total36739
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
Time zone (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities25

Seftigen District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital, while having administrative power, was the municipality of Seftigen.

From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while seeing its constituent municipalities being divided and partly resettled in the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), whose administrative centre is Ostermundigen but also in the Thun (administrative district), whose administrative centre being Thun.

Since 2010, it remains therefore a fully recognised district under the law and the Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Bern.

The district has an area of 189 km2 and consists of 25 municipalities:

MunicipalityPopulation (Dec 2007)[1]Area (km2)
Belp9,68217.6
Belpberg3845.7
Burgistein1,0577.5
Gelterfingen2503.5
Gerzensee9947.8
Gurzelen7794.5
Jaberg2451.3
Kaufdorf9542.1
Kehrsatz3,8404.4
Kienersrüti500.8
Kirchdorf8496.1
Kirchenthurnen2771.3
Lohnstorf2281.8
Mühledorf (BE)2362.3
Mühlethurnen1,2942.9
Niedermuhlern5387.2
Noflen2342.7
Riggisberg1,9337.7
Rüeggisberg1,89835.7
Rümligen4654.7
Seftigen2,0953.9
Toffen2,4394.9
Uttigen1,7453.0
Wald1,14113.3
Wattenwil2,72114.5

References

  1. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 14-Jul-2009