Einwohnergemeinde Saanen

The municipality of Saanen

Together with the municipalities of Gsteig and Lauenen, the municipality of Saanen forms the Saanenland. It is located in the western Bernese Oberland and borders on the Canton of Fribourg to the north, the Canton of Vaud to the west, the Canton of Valais to the south and the Simmental and the rest of the Canton of Bern to the east.

In addition to the main village Saanen, therefore called Saanendorf, the 10 Bäuerten (sub-areas and valley communities) Abländschen, Bissen, Ebnit, Gruben, Grund, Gstaad, Kalberhöni, Saanenmöser, Schönried and Turbach belong to the municipality of Saanen.