Signau district

Signau district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Signau
Area :	320.11 km²
Residents:	24,250 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	76 inhabitants per km²
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The Signau district was an administrative unit of the Canton of Bern until December 31, 2009 . The administrative district with the main town Signau comprised nine communities with 24,250 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2008) on 320.11 km²:

Communities

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2008)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Eggiwil	2467	60.30	41
Langnau in the Emmental	8956	48.36	185
Lauperswil	2652	21.19	125
Röthenbach in the Emmental	1281	36.80	35
Rüderswil	2338	17.21	136
Schangnau	936	36.48	26th
Signau	2722	22.13	123
Turbidity	1462	61.99	24
Trubschachen	1436	15.65	92
Total (9)	24,250	320.11	76

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1866

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  Municipalities until 2009

• 1867: Change of name Lauperswil Vierter → Trubschachen
• 2010: District change of all 9 municipalities from the Signau district → Emmental district

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office

Web links

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