Vechigen

Also known as Vechigen BE

Vechigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Until the administrative centralization of 1966, it was composed of four semi-autonomous communities: Vechigen, Sinneringen with Boll and Dentenberg, Utzigen with Lindental, and Berg with Littewil and Radelfingen.

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Swiss town.subject_name: Vechigen
Swiss town.image_photo: KircheVechigen.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Vechigen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Vechigen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Bern
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BE
Swiss town.district: Bern-Mittelland
Swiss town.postal_code: 3067
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0359
Swiss town.area: 25
Swiss town.elevation: 583
Swiss town.website: www.vechigen.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Sibylle Schwegler-Messerli
Swiss town.mayor_asof: 2024
Swiss town.mayor_party: SVP
Swiss town.places: Boll, Lindental, Sinneringen, Utzigen, Vechigen
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Bolligen, Hasle bei Burgdorf, Krauchthal, Muri bei Bern, Oberburg, Stettlen, Walkringen, Worb

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History
Vechigen
Sinneringen and Boll
Utzigen
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Sights
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
References

==History== Vechigen was first mentioned in 1275 as Vechingen. Sinneringen was first mentioned between 1261 and 1263 as Sineringen. Utzigen was referred to as Uzingen in 1275.

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