Leissigen

municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q65300
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Summary

Leissigen is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Leissigen ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (183 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Lake Thun[6]
  • Official language: German[7]
  • Shares border with: Därligen[8], Krattigen[9], Saxeten[10], Sigriswil[11], Unterseen[12]
  • Postal code: 3706[13]
  • Commons category: Leissigen[14]
  • Licence plate code: BE[15]
  • Local dialing code: 033[16]
  • Official website: https://www.leissigen.ch[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Leissigen[18]
  • Population: 1079[19], 1123[20], 665[21], 713[22], 714[23], 717[24], 725[25], 754[26], 780[27], 818[28], 820[29], 824[30], 808[31], 809[32]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/585[33]
  • Contains settlement: Leissigen[34]
  • Official name: Leissigen[35]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Leissigen[36]
  • Elevation above sea level: 575 m[37], 1037 m[38]
  • Area: 10.4 km²[39], 10.38 km²[40]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[41]

Why It Matters

Leissigen has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Leissigen is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1079'}, {'amount': '+1123'}, {'amount': '+665'} +33
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'it',
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  2. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  3. 11w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.leissigen.ch
    Country → —
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    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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