Boltigen
Boltigen is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Boltigen | |
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Boltigen village | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Boltigen | |
Boltigen Boltigen | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′N 7°23′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Obersimmental-Saanen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Klaus Meinen-Roschi (as of 2008) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 77.0 km2 (29.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 814 m (2,671 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
| • Total | 1,262 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3766 |
| SFOS number | 0791 |
| Surrounded by | Diemtigen, Jaun (FR), Oberwil im Simmental, Plaffeien (FR), Saanen, Zweisimmen |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Boltigen is a mixed community, with traits both of a burgess community and a village community. Beside it, there is also a reformed evangelical Church community. The history of the community goes back to 1386 and the so-called Freiheitsbrief von 1386.
The community president is Hermann Maurer, since 1 January 2005.
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