Schangnau
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Schangnau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Schangnau
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Schangnau-Kraemerhaus.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Schangnau COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Schangnau Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Emmental
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6197
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0906
- Swiss town.area
- 36.5
- Swiss town.elevation
- 630
- Swiss town.population
- 903
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2012
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2012
- Swiss town.website
- www.schangnau.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Ulrich Gfeller
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Eggiwil, Eriz, Flühli (LU), Habkern, Marbach (LU), Röthenbach im Emmental
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Schangnau
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Signau District
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 905
- Area
- 36.48
- Elevation
- 963
- Body of water
- Emme
- Shares border with
- Flühli
- Official website
- www.schangnau.ch
- Image
- Schangnau-Kraemerhaus.jpg
- Dialing code
- 034
- Licence plate code
- BE
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- Commons category
- Schangnau
- postal code
- 6197
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/906
- P8168
- Q880293
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Economy
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Religion
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- References
- External links
Schangnau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|left|Schangnau village and the Hohgant. The mountains around Schangnau provided timber, meadows for cattle and brought tourists to the municipality Schangnau is first mentioned in 1306 as Schoengowe.
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