Lauterbrunnen is first mentioned in 1240 as in claro fonte. In 1304 it was mentioned as Luterbrunnen.
Lauterbrunnen is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern.
The village Lauterbrunnen has a population of 2,290.
As of 2011, Lauterbrunnen had an unemployment rate of 1.9%.
Lauterbrunnen featured in several scenes from the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
On 1 January 1973, the former municipality of Isenfluh merged into the municipality of Lauterbrunnen.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Interlaken, the municipality’s former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli.
Lauterbrunnen is located 795 metres above sea level.
The Lauterbrunnen Valley is the Valley of the 72 Waterfalls, including the famous Staubbach and Trümmelbach Falls.
Lauterbrunnen is a german speaking region of Switzerland.Â
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