Büren district

Büren district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Büren on the Aare
Area :	87.66 km²
Residents:	22,275 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	254 inhabitants per km²
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The Büren district in the canton of Bern was an administrative unit of the canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The main town was Büren on the Aare . It comprised 14 communities on 87.66 km²:

Communities

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2008)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Arch	1560	6.38	245
Büetigen	791	3.61	219
Büren on the Aare	3220	12.60	256
Busswil near Büren	1931	3.10	623
Diessbach near Büren	873	6.33	138
Dotzigen	1346	4.23	318
Lengnau (BE)	4501	7.41	607
Leuzigen	1188	10.28	116
Meienried	52	0.65	80
Meinisberg	1244	4.40	283
Oberwil near Büren	797	6.74	118
Pieterlen	3347	8.35	401
Rüti near Büren	810	6.50	125
Wengi	615	7.08	87
Total (14)	22'275	87.66	254

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1910

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1911: Merger of Büren an der Aare and Reiben → Büren an der Aare
• 2010: District change Lengnau (BE) , Meinisberg and Pieterlen from the Büren district → Biel / Bienne administrative district
• 2010: Change of district of all other 11 municipalities from the Büren district → Seeland administrative district

literature

• Association for home care Büren (Ed.): Hornerblätter . Association for home care Büren, Büren an der Aare, DNB  941839001 .

Web links

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Büren (BE). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Association for Home Care Büren

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office