Interlaken

Municipality in Switzerland
	Coat of arms
	Location of Interlaken Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°51′E / 46.683°N 7.850°ECoordinates: 46°41′N 7°51′E / 46.683°N 7.850°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Interlaken-Oberhasli
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat ; with 7 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident; Urs Graf SPS/PSS; (as of March 2014)
• Parliament	Grosser Gemeinderat ; with 30 members
Area
• Total	4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Elevation	568 m (1,864 ft)
Population (Dec 2014)
• Total	5,683
• Density	1,292/km2 (3,350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3800
Localities	Im Moos, Öli
Surrounded by	Bönigen, Därligen, Matten bei Interlaken, Ringgenberg, Unterseen
Twin towns	Scottsdale (USA), Ōtsu (Japan), Třeboň (Czech Republic)
Website	www.interlaken-gemeinde.ch ; SFSO statistics

Interlaken is a town and municipality in the administrative district of Interlaken-Oberhasli in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is an important and well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, and the main transport gateway to the mountains and lakes of that region. In 2018, 5,610 people lived there.

The town is on the Bödeli between two lakes Brienz and Thun.

Gallery

English Aquatint entitled View of Interlaken, dated 1821
The New Castle was built in 1746–50 on the site of the monastery's west wing
Höhenweg der Aarmühle nach Interlaken painting of Aarmühle by Jules-Louis-Frédéric Villeneuve from 1823
A flourishing resort: Interlaken c. 1875 (in the background: Jungfrau). Etching by Heinrich Müller
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Hotels on the Höheweg; roughly a quarter of all jobs in Interlaken are in hotels or restaurants
Interlaken

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Municipality in Switzerland

Coat of arms
Location of Interlaken Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°51′E / 46.683°N 7.850°E / 46.683; 7.850Coordinates: 46°41′N 7°51′E / 46.683°N 7.850°E / 46.683; 7.850
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Interlaken-Oberhasli
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 7 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident Urs Graf SPS/PSS (as of March 2014)
• Parliament	Grosser Gemeinderat with 30 members
Area
• Total	4.4 km² (1.7 sq mi)
Elevation	568 m (1,864 ft)
Population (Dec 2014)
• Total	5,683
• Density	1,292/km² (3,350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3800
Localities	Im Moos, Öli
Surrounded by	Bönigen, Därligen, Matten bei Interlaken, Ringgenberg, Unterseen
Twin towns	Scottsdale (USA), Ōtsu (Japan), Třeboň (Czech Republic)
Website	www.interlaken-gemeinde.ch SFSO statistics