District of Nidau

District of Nidau
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Nidau
Area :	87.95 km²
Residents:	41,036 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	467 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Nidau was an administrative unit of the Canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The administrative district with the main town Nidau and the official seat in Nidau ​​Castle comprised 25 communities with 41,036 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2008) on 87.95 km². The Lake Biel belonged for the most part directly to the District Nidau.

Communities

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2008)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Aegerten	1665	2.16	771
Bellmund	1420	3.80	374
Brügg	4000	5.00	800
Buhl	427	2.97	144
Epsach	348	3.41	102
Hagneck	412	1.84	224
Hermigen	238	3.42	70
Ipsach	3742	1.90	1969
Jens	662	4.58	145
Ligerz	522	1.79	292
Merzligen	402	2.30	175
Mörigen	846	2.16	392
Nidau	6739	1.52	4434
Orpund	2645	3.97	666
port	3197	2.46	1300
Safnern	1865	5.62	332
Shame	444	2.11	210
Schwadernau	614	4.15	148
Hours (BE)	2705	2.73	991
Sutz-Lattrigen	1319	3.57	369
Tauffelen	2537	4.37	581
Tüscherz-Alfermée	307	3.30	93
Twann	826	9.10	91
Walperswil	878	6.96	126
Advertised	2276	2.76	825
Total (25)	41,036	87.95	467

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1919

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  Municipalities until 2006

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1920: Merger and District AC Madretsch and Mett from District Nidau → Biel BE in the district of Biel
• 2007: Name change from Studen → Studen (BE)
• 2010: Fusion of Tüscherz-Alfermée and Twann → Twann-Tüscherz
• 2010: District change of Aegerten , Bellmund , Brügg , Ipsach , Ligerz , Mörigen , Nidau , Orpund , Port , Safnern , Scheuren , Schwadernau , Sutz-Lattrigen and Twann-Tüscherz from the district of Nidau ​​→ Biel / Bienne administrative district
• 2010: District change Bühl , Epsach , Hagneck , Hermigene , Jens , Merzligen , Studen (BE) , Täuffelen , Walperswil and Worben → administrative district Seeland

Web links

Commons : District of Nidau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Governor's Office in Nidau
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Nidau ​​(rule, administrative district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office