11-485: Vevey District was a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . The seat of the district was the city of Vevey . It has been dissolved on 1 January 2008 and merged into the new Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district. The following municipalities were located in the district at its dissolution: 46°28′N 6°51′E / 46.467°N 6.850°E / 46.467; 6.850 This Vaud location article
22-560: A 2006 decision to abolish the former system of districts. On 1 January 2010, the 26 administrative districts ( Amtsbezirke ) lost their administrative role that was transferred to 10 new administrative districts ( Verwaltungskreise ): Nota bene that the 26 Bernese districts do still formally exist and are maintained by Article 38 of the Law on the Organisation of the Executive Council and
33-682: A reduction from 19 to 10 districts, followed by Thurgau which combined eight into five in 2012. In 2017 Grisons replaced the 11 districts with 11 regions. In 2018 Neuchâtel eliminated the district level. The canton of Zurich is divided into 12 districts (German: Bezirke ): The Canton of Bern is divided in five regions : Berner Jura , Seeland (with two precincts, Biel/Bienne and Seeland), Bern-Mittelland , Oberland (with precincts Thun , Obersimmental-Saanen , Frutigen-Niedersimmental , Interlaken-Oberhasli ) and Emmental-Oberaargau (with two precincts, Emmental and Oberaargau ) The current division has taken effect on 1 January 2010, based on
44-402: A statistical meaning. Basel-Landschaft is divided into 5 districts: The canton abolished the district level in 2003, but it remains divided into eight constituencies ( Wahlkreise ) without administrative significance: Beginning in 2017 Graubünden is divided into 11 regions: Aargau is divided into 11 districts: Thurgau is divided into five districts (eight prior to 2011) and each
55-999: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . District of Switzerland Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons . In the federally constituted Switzerland , each canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality , loosely termed districts . Most cantons are divided into Bezirke (German for districts, singular Bezirk ). They are also termed Ämter ( Lucerne , singular Amt ), Amtsbezirke ( Bern , Amtsbezirk ), district (in French) or distretto ( Ticino and part of Graubünden ). The Bezirke generally provide only administration and court organization. However, for historical reasons districts in cantons Grisons and Schwyz are their own legal entities with jurisdiction over tax and often have their own Landsgemeinde . Seven of
66-593: Is divided into 3 districts: In Appenzell Innerrhoden districts are the lowest administrative division as the canton has no municipalities (except for the Feuerschaugemeinde , a special-purpose municipality for the town of Appenzell ). The districts are functionally equivalent to municipalities elsewhere in Switzerland, and are generally shown as municipalities on maps etc. The Canton is divided into five districts: Emmental-Oberaargau Emmental-Oberaargau
77-460: Is named after its capital: Ticino is divided into 8 districts: Vaud is divided into 10 districts: Valais is divided into 13 districts: The district of Raron is divided into: The Canton of Neuchâtel was divided into 6 districts until 1 January 2018 when the district system was terminated. The Canton of Jura is divided into 3 districts: The Canton of Schaffhausen is divided into 6 districts: The Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
88-405: Is one of five administrative divisions ( regions ) of the canton of Bern , Switzerland. It comprises two precincts , Emmental and Oberaargau . It has a population of 168,000 (2005 estimate) in 89 municipalities, comprising 1021.32 km . 47°02′24″N 7°43′48″E / 47.04000°N 7.73000°E / 47.04000; 7.73000 This Canton of Bern location article
99-440: The 26 cantons – Uri , Obwalden , Nidwalden , Glarus , Zug , Basel-City and Geneva – have always existed without the district level of government. An eighth one, Appenzell Innerrhoden , uses no intermediate level either, but calls its lowest-level subdivisions Bezirke, although they are functionally equivalent to municipalities elsewhere. A further number of cantons are considering (or have already decided) an abolition of
110-587: The Administration (Organization Law, LOCA/OrG) and by Article 3 al.2 of the cantonal Constitution. The Canton of Lucerne used to be divided into 5 Ämter : These were abolished with the new cantonal constitution of 2007, although they will continue to be used as electoral districts. The Canton of Schwyz is divided into 6 districts: The Canton of Fribourg is divided into 7 districts: In 2005 Solothurn's ten districts merged pairwise into five electoral districts, termed Amtei. Since 2005, districts only have
121-473: The district level in the future. Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Schaffhausen , Lucerne , St. Gallen and Schwyz voted in 2006 on its abolition; some voted in favour of keeping the division, some with modifications. Bern in 2006 decided a reduction of its 26 districts to 10 districts to be overseen by 5 regions, which took effect in 2010. St. Gallen, Solothurn and Lucerne removed the administrative role, but retained districts for elections. In 2008 Vaud decided on
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