Aarwangen district

Aarwangen district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Aarwangen
Area :	154.02 km²
Residents:	41,839 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	272 inhabitants per km²
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The Aarwangen district is an administrative unit of the Canton of Bern . It comprises 24 communities and had 41,839 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2008) on 154.02 km².

Communities

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2008)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Aarwangen	4250	9.90	429
Exit	463	4.62	100
Bannwil	659	4.78	138
Bleienbach	665	5.69	117
Busswil near Melchnau	195	2.86	68
Gondiswil	725	9.40	77
Kleindietwil	486	2.70	180
Langenthal	14,777	14.40	1026
Leimiswil	412	4.60	90
Lotzwil	2431	6.22	391
Madiswil	2150	15.80	136
Melchnau	1531	10.27	149
Top stake	388	3.91	99
Oeschenbach	263	3.92	67
Reisiswil	184	2.01	92
Roggwil (BE)	3786	7.84	483
Rohrbach	1391	4.08	341
Rohrbachgraben	423	6.46	65
Rütschelen	559	3.98	140
Black houses	473	3.79	125
Thunstetten	2970	9.66	307
Undercutting wood	167	2.88	58
Ursenbach	931	9.17	102
Wynau	1560	5.07	308
Total (24)	41,839	154.02	272

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1897

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  Municipalities until 2006

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1898: Merger of Langenthal and Schoren → Langenthal
• 2006: Merger of Madiswil and Gutenburg → Madiswil
• 2010: Merger of Langenthal and Untersteckholz → Langenthal
• 2010: District change of all 24 municipalities from the Aarwangen district → Oberaargau administrative district

See also

• List of the bailiffs of Aarwangen

literature

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Aarwangen (rule, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office