Oberstocken

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Coordinates: 46°42′N, 7°33′E

Oberstocken
Coat of Arms of Oberstocken
Canton Berne
District Niedersimmental
Coordinates  46°42′N, 7°33′E
Population 264   (January 2005)
Area 4.1 km²
Elevation 691 m
Postal code 3632
SFOS number 0765
Website www.oberstocken.ch
Oberstocken (Switzerland)
Oberstocken
Oberstocken

Oberstocken is a municipality in the district of Niedersimmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

With its 270 inhabitants[1] this rural valley is designated as a civil defense evacuation site, with over 350 small bunkers. The main civil defense building is interimly used as a garage which houses 16 vehicles.[2]

[edit] Geography

Oberstocken lies in a valley in the Bernese high country of the alps. The neighboring municipalities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are: Höfen, Niederstocken, Erlenbach im Simmental, Därstetten and Pohlern.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Homepage de la commune d'Oberstocken
  2. ^ Willkommen in Oberstocken: Porträt unserer Gemeinde in German
This article is based in part on material from the German Wikipedia.