Geography Diemtigen



view seehorn mountain near diemtigen


diemtigen has area of 129.97 km (50.18 sq mi). of 2012, total of 62.4 km (24.1 sq mi) or 48.0% used agricultural purposes, while 39.51 km (15.25 sq mi) or 30.4% forested. rest of municipality 2.27 km (0.88 sq mi) or 1.7% settled (buildings or roads), 0.6 km (0.23 sq mi) or 0.5% either rivers or lakes , 25.24 km (9.75 sq mi) or 19.4% unproductive land.


during same year, housing , buildings made 0.7% , transportation infrastructure made 0.8%. total of 25.5% of total land area heavily forested , 3.7% covered orchards or small clusters of trees. of agricultural land, 9.5% pasturage , 38.2% used alpine pastures. water in municipality flowing water. of unproductive areas, 9.1% unproductive vegetation , 10.3% rocky vegetation.


the municipality located in diemtig valley , several neighboring valleys. consists of settlements of oey, diemtigen, bächlen, horben, riedern, entschwil, zwischenflüh, schwenden , sporthalle diemtigtal number of small settlements in alpine meadows , forests above valleys.


on 31 december 2009 amtsbezirk niedersimmental, municipality s former district, dissolved. on following day, 1 january 2010, joined newly created verwaltungskreis frutigen-niedersimmental.








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