Wengen

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Wengen

Coordinates46.61°, 7.92°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Wengen is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at an elevation of 1,274 m (4,180 ft) above sea level, it is part of the Jungfrau Region and has approximately 1,150 year-round residents, which swells to 5,000 during summer and to 10,000 in the winter. Wengen hosts the classic Lauberhorn ski races of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in January.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

H

Hedy Schlunegger

alpine skier (1923-2003)

A

Andrea Bürgin

Swiss actress

H

Heinz von Allmen

Swiss alpine skier (1913-2003)

K

Karl Molitor

alpine skier (1920-2014)

E

Ernst Feuz

ski jumper (1908-1988)

Fred Rubi

Swiss alpine skier (1926-1997)

H

Hans Schlunegger

Swiss alpine skier (1912-1948)

Heinz Häsler

Swiss author

Albrecht Rychen

Swiss politician

A

Arnold Seematter

Swiss politician (1890-1954)

P

Paul Lauener

Swiss physician (1887-1983)

René Schafer

Swiss composer and musician

J

Johannes Ritschard

politician (1845–1908)

Alfred A. Häsler

Swiss journalist and author (1921-2009)

K

Kurt Huggler

Swiss alpine skier

I

Irène Molitor

Swiss alpine skier

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bern

• Lauterbrunnen
  1 mi away · pop. 2,315
• Isenfluh
  1.6 mi away
• Zweilütschinen
  2 mi away
• Gündlischwand
  2 mi away · pop. 263
• Gsteigwiler
  4 mi away · pop. 434
• Saxeten
  4.8 mi away · pop. 128
• Grindelwald
  5.6 mi away · pop. 4,022
• Bönigen
  5.9 mi away · pop. 2,514
• Därligen
  6.6 mi away · pop. 359
• Leissigen
  7.8 mi away · pop. 1,100
• Niederried bei Interlaken
  7.9 mi away · pop. 375
• Sundlauenen
  8.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Wengen

Search results from Open Library.