Interlaken

Interlaken
Interlaken
Interlaken
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Interlaken is located in Switzerland
Interlaken
Interlaken
Interlaken is located in Canton of Bern
Interlaken
Interlaken
Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°51′E / 46.683°N 7.850°E / 46.683; 7.850
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictInterlaken-Oberhasli
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 7 members
 • MayorGemeindepräsident
Urs Graf SPS/PSS
(as of June 2018)
 • ParliamentGrosser Gemeinderat
with 30 members
Area
 • Total4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Elevation
(Convent/Castle)
568 m (1,864 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total5,610
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
DemonymGerman: Interlakner(in)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3800
SFOS number0581
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
LocalitiesIm Moos, Öli
Surrounded byBönigen, Därligen, Matten bei Interlaken, Ringgenberg, Unterseen
Twin townsScottsdale (USA), Ōtsu (Japan), Třeboň (Czech Republic)[citation needed]
Websiteinterlaken-gemeinde.ch
SFSO statistics

Interlaken (German pronunciation: [ˈɪntərlakŋ̍]; lit.: between lakes) is a Swiss town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern. It is an important and well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, and the main transport gateway to the mountains and lakes of that region.

The town is located on flat alluvial land called Bödeli between two lakes, Brienz to the east and Thun to the west, and alongside the river Aare, which flows between them. Transport routes to the east and west alongside the lakes are complemented by a route southwards into the near mountain resorts and high mountains, e.g. the famous high Alpine peaks of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, following upwards the Lütschine.

Interlaken is the central town of a Small Agglomeration with the same name of 23,300 inhabitants.[3]

The official language of Interlaken is German,[note 1] but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ . Federal Statistical Office https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/de/. Retrieved 15 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Städtische Bevölkerung: Agglomerationen und isolierte Städte" (XLS) (in German and French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2016.


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