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Koppigen
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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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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Climate
  • References
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koppigen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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