Laupen district

Laupen district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Laupen
Area :	87.70 km²
Residents:	14,507 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	165 inhabitants per km²
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The Laupen district was an administrative unit of the Canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The administrative district with the main town of Laupen comprised eleven municipalities with 14,507 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2008) on 87.70 km²:

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2008)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Clavaleyres	49	1.00	49
Ferenbalm	1242	9.17	135
Frauenkappelen	1272	9.29	137
Golats	291	2.79	104
Gurbrü	257	1.86	138
Kriechenwil	401	4.74	85
Laupen	2779	4.13	673
Mühleberg	2640	26.26	101
Münchenwiler	399	2.48	161
Neuenegg	4773	21.83	219
Wileroltigen	404	4.15	97
Total (11)	14,507	87.70	165

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1958

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1959: Change of name from Dicki → Kriechenwil
• 2010: District change of all 11 municipalities from the Laupen district → Bern-Mittelland administrative district

Web links

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Laupen (BE). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Tourism site of the region

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office