Fraubrunnen district

Fraubrunnen district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Fraubrunnen
Area :	123.72 km²
Residents:	39,569 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	320 inhabitants per km²
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The Fraubrunnen district was an administrative unit of the Canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The administrative district with the capital Fraubrunnen comprised 27 communities on 123.72 km²:

Communities

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2008)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Ball moss	54	1.50	36
Banged	161	2.20	73
Bätterkinden	2996	10.19	294
Büren to the yard	478	3.50	137
Deisswil near Münchenbuchsee	95	2.16	44
Diemerswil	203	2.86	71
Etzelkofen	315	2.80	113
Fraubrunnen	1777	7.70	231
Grafenried	945	4.70	201
Iffwil	409	5.06	81
Jegenstorf	4630	7.40	626
Limpach	338	4.40	77
Mattstetten	590	3.79	156
Moosseedorf	3555	6.38	557
Mülchi	241	3.80	63
Münchenbuchsee	9750	8.81	1107
Münchringen	562	2.40	234
Ruppoldsried	264	2.20	120
Shells	387	1.40	276
Barns	77	2.00	39
Urtenen-Schönbühl	5580	7.19	776
Utzenstorf	4080	16.94	241
Wiggiswil	106	1.44	74
Wiler near Utzenstorf	804	3.82	210
Zauggenried	318	3.70	86
Zielebach	330	1.91	173
Zuzwil (BE)	524	3.47	151
Total (27)	39,569	123.72	320

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1911

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1912: Fusion of mess barns and upper barns → barns
• 2010: Fusion Ballmoos and Jegenstorf → Jegenstorf
• 2010: District change from Bangerten and Ruppoldsried from the district of Fraubrunnen → administrative district of Seeland
• 2010: District change from Bätterkinden , Utzenstorf , Wiler bei Utzenstorf , and Zielebach from the district of Fraubrunnen → administrative district of Emmental
• 2010: Change of district of all other 20 communities from the Fraubrunnen district → Bern-Mittelland administrative district

Web links

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Fraubrunnen (monastery, bailiwick). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office