Ostermundigen

Ostermundigen
Location of Ostermundigen
Ostermundigen
Ostermundigen
Coordinates: 46°57′18″N 7°29′22″E / 46.95501°N 7.48940°E / 46.95501; 7.48940
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictBern-Mittelland
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 7 members
 • MayorGemeindepräsident
Thomas Iten Ind.
(as of March 2014)
 • ParliamentGrosser Gemeinderat
with 40 members
Area
 • Total
6.00 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Elevation
(Ober-/Mitteldorfstrasse)
548 m (1,798 ft)
Population
 (December 2020)
 • Total
17,758
 • Density2,960/km2 (7,670/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
3072
SFOS number363
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
Surrounded byBern, Bolligen, Ittigen, Muri bei Bern, Stettlen
Websitewww.ostermundigen.ch

Ostermundigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The city is the birthplace of an actress, Ursula Andress.

Most of the buildings in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Old City of Bern were built from sandstone quarried in Ostermundigen.