Adelboden
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| Coordinates: 46°30′N 7°34′E / 46.500°N 7.567°ECoordinates: 46°30′N 7°34′E / 46.500°N 7.567°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Frutigen-Niedersimmental | |
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| • Total | 88.19 km2 (34.05 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,350 m (4,430 ft) | |
| Highest elevation (Grossstrubel) | 3,242 m (10,636 ft) | |
| Lowest elevation (Engstligen valley) | 1,045 m (3,428 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 3,437 | |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | German: Adelbondner(in) | |
| Postal code | 3715 | |
| SFOS number | 0561 | |
| Surrounded by | Diemtigen, Frutigen, Kandersteg, Lenk im Simmental, Leukerbad (VS), Sankt Stephan | |
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Adelboden is a mountain village and a municipality in Switzerland, located in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the Bernese Oberland.
Adelboden lies in the west of the Berner Oberland, at the end of the valley of the river Entschlige (High German: Engstlige), which flows in Frutigen into the Kander.
Adelboden is a traditional Swiss mountain village on a terrace looking south to the Engstligen waterfalls. Also part of the village are the inhabited valleys of Gilbach, Stigelschwand, Boden, Hirzboden, and Ausserschwand. Church and main street are at 1,350 m (4,430 ft), the highest point of the area is the Grossstrubel with 3,242 m (10,636 ft), the lowest point is at 1,045 m (3,428 ft) in the Engstligen valley.
The vegetation is alpine and sub-alpine, partially wooded, the slopes, the plateaus, and terraces usually alp meadows.
The most salient mountains are Lohner (3,049 m (10,003 ft)), Steghorn (3,146 m (10,322 ft)), Wildstrubel (3,243 m (10,640 ft)), Fitzer (2,458 m (8,064 ft)), Tschenten (2,025 m (6,644 ft)) (mountain railway) and Gsür (2,708 m (8,885 ft)).
Adelboden has an area of 88.19 km2 (34.05 sq mi). Of this area, 36.52 km2 (14.10 sq mi) or 41.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.07 km2 (6.20 sq mi) or 18.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi) or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi) or 1.7% is either rivers or lakes and 31.93 km2 (12.33 sq mi) or 36.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.8%. Out of the forested land, 14.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.5% is pastures and 32.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.6% is unproductive vegetation, 25.6% is too rocky for vegetation and 1.1% of the land is covered by glaciers.
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