Saanen

municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Administrative Area Municipality Of Switzerland Q66629
Saanen
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Facts

21 properties

Designation

Location

Coordinate location
🗺️ 46.483°, 7.266°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district, Saanen District[2]
Postal code
3792[10]
More facts +15
Official website
www.saanen.ch[13]
Area
+120.06
Elevation above sea level
+1014
Local dialing code
033[12]
Located in or next to body of water
Saane/Sarine[4]
Member of
SGV-ACS[1]
Official language
German[5]
Official name
Saanen[35]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Twinned administrative body
Darmstadt, Cannes, Ordino, La Massana[6][7][8][9]
Vehicle registration plate code
BE[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Saanen de Gessenay de Abländschen el Σάανεν fr Gessenay fr Schönried he זאנן it Schönried ja ザーネン ko 자넨 ru Занен uk Заанен zh 萨嫩 zh-hant 薩嫩
🔖 Identifiers · 21
VIAF cluster ID
236391150
GND ID
4105147-6
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4945412
External data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch
Facebook location ID
114664008546743
FactGrid item ID
Björn Andersohn
Freebase ID
/m/05qpm0
GeoNames ID
7287004
HDS ID
000479
J9U entity ID
987013617167405171
Show all 21 identifiers +9
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1682641
Ortsnamen.ch ID
802000843
Swiss Enterprise Identification Number
CHE-115.058.641
Swiss municipality code
843
Topic's main category
Category:Saanen
VerbaAlpina ID
A59714
Who's on First ID
404567771
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkXtt8QGFy83JkyPvJdQq
📚 Sources · 1
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GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
People born here 16
Contained subdivisions 13
Twinned administrative body 4
← Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 4
← Twinned administrative body 4
Capital of 2
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
← Capital 2
Contains settlement 1
Country 1
Instance of 1
Located in or next to body of water 1
Named after 1
Official language 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Topic's main category 1
← Category's main topic 1
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
← Place served by transport hub 1
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Saanen include Saanen airfield[37], an aerodrome[38], in Switzerland[39], founded in 1943[40].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Saanen include Saanen airfield[37], an aerodrome[38], in Switzerland[39], founded in 1943[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 23d ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 6,901, 6,817, 5,543 +37
    "Created claim: Population: 6,967, mass upload (details)"
  2. 14w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → A59714
    "Created claim: VerbaAlpina ID: A59714, batch #263620"
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