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Also known as Grossaffoltern BE

Grossaffoltern is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is known for its stork colony.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Grossaffoltern
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Panorama Grossaffoltern Kosthofen 03.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
Grossaffoltern-Kosthofen
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Grossaffoltern BE COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Grossaffoltern Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Seeland
Swiss town.postal_code
3257
Swiss town.municipality_code
0303
Swiss town.area
15.06
Swiss town.elevation
511
Swiss town.website
grossaffoltern.ch
Swiss town.places
Ammerzwil, Kaltenbrunnen, Kosthofen, Ottiswil, Suberg, Vorimholz, Weingarten
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Diessbach bei Büren, Lyss, Rapperswil, Schüpfen, Seedorf, Wengi
Swiss town.twintowns
Horsovsky Tyn (Czech Republic)

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Grossaffoltern
Population
3018
Area
15.08
Elevation
550
Official website
www.grossaffoltern.ch
Image
Grossaffoltern 6869.JPG
Dialing code
032
Licence plate code
BE
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Commons category
Grossaffoltern
postal code
3262
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/303
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Grossaffoltern is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is known for its stork colony.

==History== thumb|left|Hauert's fertilizer factory around 1960 Grossaffoltern is first mentioned in 1216 as Affoltron.

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