Boltigen

Also known as Boltigen BE

Boltigen () is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Boltigen
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Boltigen-Dorf.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Boltigen village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Boltigen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Boltigen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Obersimmental-Saanen
Swiss town.postal_code: 3766
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0791
Swiss town.area: 77
Swiss town.elevation: 814
Swiss town.population: 1367
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear: 2011
Swiss town.website: www.boltigen.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Klaus Meinen-Roschi

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History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Economy
Religion
Transport
Climate
Education
Notable people
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Boltigen () is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Boltigen is a mixed community, with traits both of a burgess community and a village community. Beside it, there is also a reformed evangelical Church community. The history of the community goes back to 1386 and the so-called Freiheitsbrief von 1386.

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