Saanen District

Saanen District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the , . Its capital, while having administrative power, was the municipality of .
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  • Type: Locality with 6,820 residents
  • Description: former district of the canton of Bern
  • Also known as: “Amt Saanen”, “CH0843”, “District De Saanen”, “district Saanen”, “Distrikto Saanen”, “Upravni okraj Saanen”, and “Заанен”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Saanen railway station and Tower with Amtshaus.

Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historic house
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
is a historic house.

Railway station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gstaad and Saanen.

Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain resort in the in Switzerland.

Village
Photo: Alps, Public domain.
is a municipality in the canton of Bern in .

Village
Photo: Leemburg-CH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the Pays-d'Enhaut of the canton of in . is situated 6 km west of Saanen District.

Saanen District

Latitude
46.4816° or 46° 28′ 54″ north
Longitude
7.2884° or 7° 17′ 18″ east
Population
6,820
Elevation
1,117 metres (3,665 feet)
Open location code
8FR9F7JQ+J9
Geo­Names ID
7287004
Wiki­data ID
Q666334
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Saanen District” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “districte de Saanen”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Saanen”
  • Cebuano: “Saanen”
  • Chuvash: “Занен”
  • Dutch: “Saanen”
  • Esperanto: “Saanen”
  • French: “district de Gessenay”
  • French: “District de Gessenay”
  • German: “Amtsbezirk Saanen”
  • Italian: “distretto di Saanen”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Saanen”
  • Latin: “Saanen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saanen Koān”
  • Russian: “Занен”
  • Slovenian: “Amtsbezirk Saanen”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Saanen”
  • Swedish: “Saanen”
  • Swiss German: “Bezirk Saane”
  • Swiss German: “Bezirk Saanen”
  • Urdu: “سنیں ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Saanen”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Unter-Gstaad and Rüebeldorf.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Alpina Gstaad and Gstaad Palace.

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Worth a closer look: Zurich and Bern.

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