Municipalities of the Canton of Bern
The canton of Bern ( French Canton de Berne ) comprises 342 political communities (French communes ). It is the canton with the largest number of political communities in Switzerland. The capital is the federal city of Bern . The main locations of the administrative districts are highlighted in bold .
Purely political communities without a civic community (French commune bourgeoise ) are referred to as municipalities ( communes municipales ) , those in which residents and civic communities are united as mixed communities ( communes mixtes ) .
List of municipalities
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The total area of the canton is 5,959.52 km². In addition to the 5,840.54 km² of land in the municipalities, it also contains 118.98 km² of lake areas ( Lake Biel 39.17 km², Lake Brienz 29.77 km², Neuchâtel lake 2.19 km², Lake Thun 47.85 km²).
Changes in the community
Municipalities until 1972
Municipalities until 1975
Municipalities until 1978
Municipalities until 1979
Municipalities until 1982
Municipalities until 1992
Municipalities until 1993
Municipalities until 1995
Municipalities until 2002
Municipalities until 2003
Municipalities until 2004
Municipalities until 2006
Municipalities until 2007
Municipalities until 2008
Municipalities until 2009
Municipalities until 2010
Municipalities until 2011
Municipalities until 2012
Municipalities until 2013
Municipalities until 2014
Municipalities until 2015
Municipalities until 2016
Municipalities until 2017
Municipalities by 2018
Municipalities by 2019
Parish mergers
Completed parish mergers
- 2004:
- Englisberg and Zimmerwald → Forest
- Niederwichtrach and Oberwichtrach → Wichtrach
- 2007:
- Gutenburg and Madiswil → Madiswil
- Forst and Längenbühl → Forst-Längenbühl
- 2008:
- 2009:
- 2010:
- 2011:
- Lyss and Busswil near Büren → Lyss
- Kleindietwil , Leimiswil and Madiswil → Madiswil
- Albligen and Wahlern → Schwarzenburg
- Bettenhausen and Bollodingen → Bettenhausen
- 2013:
- Ruppoldsried and Rapperswil → Rapperswil
- Kallnach and Niederried near Kallnach → Kallnach
- Trimstein and Münsingen → Münsingen
- 2014:
- Plagne and Vauffelin → Suck
- Büren zum Hof , Etzelkofen , Fraubrunnen , Grafenried , Limpach , Mülchi , Schalunen , and Zauggenried → Fraubrunnen
- Jegenstorf , Münchringen and barns → Jegenstorf
- Bleiken near Oberdiessbach and Oberdiessbach → Oberdiessbach
- Diesse , Lamboing and Prêles → Plateau de Diesse
- Niederstocken , Oberstocken and Höfen near Thun → Stocken-Höfen
- Gadmen and Innertkirchen → Innertkirchen
- Kienersrüti and Uttigen → Uttigen
- 2015:
- 2016:
- Bangerten and Rapperswil → Rapperswil
- Ersigen , Niederösch and Oberösch → Ersigen
- Hermiswil and Seeberg → Seeberg
- 2017:
- Münsingen and Tägertschi → Münsingen
- 2018:
- Gelterfingen , Kirchdorf , Mühledorf and Noflen → Kirchdorf
- Grosshöchstetten and Schlosswil → Grosshöchstetten
- 2020:
- Kirchenthurnen , Lohnstorf , Mühlethurnen → Thurnen
- Schwendibach and Steffisburg → Steffisburg
- Niederbipp and Wolfisberg → Niederbipp
Planned parish mergers
- 2021:
- -
- Undetermined:
- Clavaleyres and Murten → Murten (intercantonal merger)
- Cormoret , Courtelary , Renan , Saint-Imier and Sonvilier
Announced parish mergers
The following community mergers have been applied for and are in the process of being clarified:
| date | Previous communities | New church | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2021 |
Langenthal Obersteckholz |
Langenthal | applied for → Problem / reason for delay: Takeover of the water supply network from a private water supply cooperative |
| January 1, 2021 |
Hindelbank Mötschwil |
Hindelbank | in clarification |
| January 1, 2021 |
Riggisberg Rümligen |
Riggisberg | requested |
| January 1, 2022 |
La Ferrière Courtelary Cormoret Renan Sonvilier Saint-Imier |
Erguël | requested |
| January 1, 2025 |
Bern Bolligen Bremgarten near Bern Ostermundigen Frauenkappelen Kehrsatz |
Bern | in clarification |
Web links
- Canton of Bern: municipalities (German, French)
- Canton of Bern: municipalities → municipal reforms → mergers (German, French)
- Official register of municipalities in Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
- ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.
- ↑ Final vote of the four-party merger. (PDF; 126 kB) Press release. May 21, 2017, accessed on September 14, 2017 (In referendums on May 21, 2017, the voters of all four municipalities clearly approved a merger.).
- ↑ Official register of municipalities in Switzerland - announced changes 2020. (PDF; 705 kB) Edition from December 18, 2019 (replaces edition from September 18, 2019). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), p. 9 , accessed on December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Langenthal and Obersteckholz put Fusion on hold. (PDF) November 23, 2016, accessed September 14, 2017 .