Hispanopedia WikiSeftigen 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:
References
- ↑Swiss Federal Statistical OfficeArchived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 14-Jul-2009
46°53′00″N7°29′00″E / 46.8833°N 7.48333°E / 46.8833; 7.48333
- Former districts of the canton of Bern
- Canton of Bern geography stubs