Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The municipality lies in the Lauterbrunnen Valley and comprises the villages Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg, and Isenfluh. The population of the Lauterbrunnen village is less than that of Wengen, but greater than that of the others.
Lauterbrunnen is first mentioned in 1240 as in claro fonte. In 1304 it ...
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Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The municipality lies in the Lauterbrunnen Valley and comprises the villages Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg, and Isenfluh. The population of the Lauterbrunnen village is less than that of Wengen, but greater than that of the others.
Lauterbrunnen is first mentioned in 1240 as in claro fonte. In 1304 it was mentioned as Luterbrunnen.
Lauterbrunnen has an area, as of 2009, of 164.56 square kilometers (63.54 sq mi). Of this area, 36.79 square kilometers (14.20 sq mi) or 22.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.84 square kilometers (11.14 sq mi) or 17.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.31 square kilometers (0.89 sq mi) or 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.08 square kilometers (0.42 sq mi) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 95.39 square kilometers (36.83 sq mi) or 58.0% is unproductive land.
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