Höfen, Thun
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| Population | 400 (February 2008) | |||||||||
| - Density | 87 /km² (224 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 4.62 km² (1.8 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 705 m (2,313 ft) | |||||||||
| - Highest | 833 m - Stockbeissern | |||||||||
| - Lowest | 641 m - Amsoldingersee | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3631 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 930 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Niederstocken, Oberstocken, Reutigen, Zwieselberg, Amsoldingen, Übeschi and Pohlern | |||||||||
| Website | www.hoefen.ch | |||||||||
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Höfen is a municipality in the district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
[edit] Geography
Of the entire municipality area of 4.62 sq km, 74.8% of the land is agriculturally used, 15.6% is forest and woods, and 4.6% is built up.
The lake Uebeschisee is located partially in the municipality.
[edit] References
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
[edit] External links
- Official website of the municipality in (German)
- Höfen, Thun in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
