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Steffisburg
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Steffisburg is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Steffisburg
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Steffisburg blick.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Steffisburg COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Steffisburg Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Bern
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BE
- Swiss town.district
- Thun
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3612,3613
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0939
- Swiss town.area
- 13.5
- Swiss town.elevation
- 585
- Swiss town.population
- 15515
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2012
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2012
- Swiss town.website
- www.steffisburg.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Jürg Marti
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Gemeindepräsident
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Steffisburg
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Thun District
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 15709
- Area
- 13.32
- Elevation
- 607
- Shares border with
- Uetendorf
- Official website
- www.steffisburg.ch
- Image
- Steffisburg.jpg
- Dialing code
- 033
- Licence plate code
- BE
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- Commons category
- Steffisburg
- twinned administrative body
- Jindřichův Hradec
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/939
- topic's main category
- Category:Steffisburg
- postal code
- 3612
- replaces
- Schwendibach
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Economy
- Heritage site of national significance
- Politics
- Religion
- Education
- Transportation
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Steffisburg is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg.
==History== thumb|left|Kleine Höchhus in Steffisburg thumb|left|Grosse Höchhus thumb|left|Aerial view of Steffisburg from an observation balloon between 1914-1918 thumb|left|Aerial view (1954) Steffisburg is first mentioned in 1133 as Stevensburc. The municipality was formerly known by its French name Steffisbourg.
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