Saanen
Sign in to saveSaanen (; ; Highest Alemannic: Saanä) is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Saanen
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Saanen Winter.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Saanen COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Saanen Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Obersimmental-Saanen
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3792 Saanen 1657 Abländschen 3777 Saanenmöser 3778 Schönried 3780 Gstaad 3781 Turbach 3782 Lauenen b. Gstaad 3783 Grund b. Gstaad 3784 Feutersoey 3785 Gsteig b. Gstaad
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0843
- Swiss town.area
- 120.06
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1014
- Swiss town.highest
- Giferhorn
- Swiss town.highest_m
- 2542
- Swiss town.lowest
- Saane at Rüttischlucht
- Swiss town.lowest_m
- 985
- Swiss town.website
- www.saanen.ch
- Swiss town.places
- Gstaad, Abländschen, Bissen, Ebnit, Gruben, Grund, Kalberhöni, Saanen, Saanenmöser, Schönried, and Turbach
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Saanen
- Country
- Switzerland
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 6818
- Area
- 120.06
- Elevation
- 1014
- Body of water
- Saane/Sarine
- Official website
- www.saanen.ch
- Image
- Gstaad.jpg
- Dialing code
- 033
- Licence plate code
- BE
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- Commons category
- Saanen
- twinned administrative body
- La Massana
- topic's main category
- Category:Saanen
- postal code
- 3792
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/843
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Gstaad
- Abländschen
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Private schools
- Notable people
- International relations
- References
- External links
Saanen (; ; Highest Alemannic: Saanä) is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district.
==History== The village was first mentioned in 1228 as Gissinay. In 1340 it was mentioned as Sanon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saanen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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