Saanen District

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Saanen District

| native_name = Amtsbezirk Saanen

| settlement_type = District

| image_map = Karte Bezirk Saanen 2007.png

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CHE}}

| subdivision_type2 = Canton

| subdivision_name2 = {{Flag|Bern}}

| subdivision_type3 = Capital

| subdivision_name3 = Saanen

| area_total_km2 = 241

| area_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2007

| population_total = 8640

| population_footnotes =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipalities

| blank_info_sec1 = 3

}}

Saanen District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital, while having administrative power, was the municipality of Saanen. From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Obersimmental-Saanen (administrative district), whose administrative centre is still Saanen. Since 2010, it remains therefore a fully recognised district under the law and the Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne. The district has an area of 241 km² and consists of 3 municipalities:

class="wikitable" !width="190" | Municipality !width="140" | Population (Dec 2007)[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904041839/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html |date=2011-09-04 }} accessed 13-Jul-2009 !width="100" | Area (km2)
Gsteig bei Gstaad	align="center" | 964	align="center" | 62.4
Lauenen	align="center" | 802	align="center" | 58.7
Saanen	align="center" | 6,874	align="center" | 119.8