Saxeten

Saxeten is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Saxeten
Location of Saxeten
Saxeten
Saxeten
Coordinates: 46°38′N 7°50′E
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictInterlaken-Oberhasli
Area
  Total19.02 km2 (7.34 sq mi)
Elevation
1,103 m (3,619 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
  Total99
  Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3813
SFOS number0591
Surrounded byAeschi bei Spiez, Därligen, Lauterbrunnen, Leissigen, Wilderswil
Websitesaxeten.ch
SFSO statistics

In 1999 it was the site of an incident where 21 tourists and local canyon guides were killed in a flash flood in Saxetenbach canyon.

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