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Lauenen
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Also known as Lauenen BE, Lauvine, Lavina, an der Lowinon

Lauenen (French: Lauvine, Romansh: Lavina) is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Lauenen
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Lauenen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Lauenen Flag.svg
Swiss town.image_photo
LauenenKirche.JPG
Swiss town.image_caption
Lauenen village and church
Swiss town.canton
Bern
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BE
Swiss town.district
Obersimmental-Saanen
Swiss town.postal_code
3782
Swiss town.municipality_code
0842
Swiss town.area
58.7
Swiss town.elevation
1252
Swiss town.population
806
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2011
Swiss town.popofyear
2011
Swiss town.website
www.lauenen.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Ruedi Trachsel

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Lauenen
Located in
Saanen District
Official language
German
Population
827
Area
58.47
Elevation
1252
Official website
www.lauenen.ch
Image
LauenenKirche.JPG
Dialing code
033
Licence plate code
BE
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Commons category
Lauenen
postal code
3782
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/842
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Famous people
  • References
  • External links

Lauenen (French: Lauvine, Romansh: Lavina) is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|Tally sticks from Alp Blattiberg (Lauenen municipality), 1786/1815. Front: name of entitled person, reverse: notches for cow rights. For this alp, there are 87 cow rights divided among 23 owners. Lauenen is first mentioned in 1296 as an der Lowinon. Lauenen is known as an area with substantial danger of landslides and avalanches, which is the origin of its name (German Lawine "landslide," from Latin labina "slide").

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