Vechigen

Vechigen
Location of Vechigen
Vechigen
Vechigen
Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°34′E / 46.950°N 7.567°E / 46.950; 7.567
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictBern-Mittelland
Government
  MayorSibylle Schwegler-Messerli SVP/UDC
(as of 2024)
Area
  Total
25.0 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation
583 m (1,913 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
  Total
5,298
  Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3067
SFOS number0359
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
LocalitiesBoll, Lindental, Sinneringen, Utzigen, Vechigen
Surrounded byBolligen, Hasle bei Burgdorf, Krauchthal, Muri bei Bern, Oberburg, Stettlen, Walkringen, Worb
Websitewww.vechigen.ch
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Vechigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Until the administrative centralization of 1966, it was composed of four semi-autonomous communities: Vechigen, Sinneringen with Boll and Dentenberg, Utzigen with Lindental, and Berg with Littewil and Radelfingen.