Schangnau

Also known as Schangnau BE

Schangnau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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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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Official name: Schangnau
Population: 905
Area: 36.48
Elevation: 963
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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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.