Koppigen

Also known as Koppigen BE

Koppigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Koppigen
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Koppigen St Niklaus 01.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Former Gasthof Bären in St Niklaus hamlet
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Koppigen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Koppigen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Emmental
Swiss town.postal_code: 3425
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0413
Swiss town.area: 6.98
Swiss town.elevation: 476
Swiss town.website: koppigen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Alchenstorf, Höchstetten, Niederösch, Obergerlafingen (SO), Recherswil (SO), Utzenstorf, Willadingen, Zielebach

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Official name: Koppigen
Population: 2103
Area: 6.93
Elevation: 475
Official website: www.koppigen.ch
Image: 2011-04-17 Balonveturo (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 142.JPG
Dialing code: 034
Licence plate code: BE

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postal code: 3425
Commons category: Koppigen
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/413

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Koppigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1922) Koppigen is first mentioned in 1139 and again around 1181-82 as Chopingen. In 1887, the village of Brechershäusern separated from Koppigen to become part of Wynigen.