Steffisburg

municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q69668
Steffisburg
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Summary

Steffisburg is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Steffisburg ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (506 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Thun administrative district[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Aare[6], Zulg[7]
  • Instance of: city of Switzerland[8], Ortschaft[9]
  • Official language: German[10]
  • Shares border with: Thun[11], Heimberg[12], Fahrni[13], Homberg[14], Uetendorf[15]
  • Twinned administrative body: Jindřichův Hradec[16]
  • Postal code: 3612[17], 3613[18]
  • Commons category: Steffisburg[19]
  • Licence plate code: BE[20]
  • Local dialing code: 033[21]
  • Official website: http://www.steffisburg.ch[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Steffisburg[23]
  • Population: 15,515[24], 15,816[25], 15,705[26], 12,440[27], 12,429[28], 12,586[29], 12,695[30], 12,776[31], 12,897[32], 12,952[33], 12,966[34], 12,882[35], 13,081[36], 13,345[37]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/939[38]
  • Replaces: Schwendibach[39]
  • Contains settlement: Schwendibach[40], Steffisburg[41]

Why It Matters

Steffisburg has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Steffisburg is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 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.
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  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] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 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. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.5'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.32'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.81'}
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  2. 5d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 41
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'azb', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Official name → {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Steffisburg'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Steffisburg'}
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Postal code → 3612, 3613
    Verbaalpina id → A59771
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  4. 10w ago · Kordishal · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Municipality of Switzerland, city of Switzerland, Ortschaft
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Ortschaft"
  5. 16w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Aare, Zulg
    Replaces → Schwendibach
    Topic's main category → Category:Steffisburg
    Official language → German
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Steffisburg Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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