Leimiswil

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Leimiswil
Leimiswil coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Oberaargauw
Residential municipality : Madiswili2
Postal code : 4935
former BFS no. : 0330
Coordinates : 624 879  /  222.32 thousand coordinates: 47 ° 9 '5 "  N , 7 ° 46' 0"  O ; CH1903:  624 879  /  222 320
Height : 602  m above sea level M.
Area : 4.6  km²
Residents: 398 (December 31, 2010)
Population density : 87 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.madiswil.ch
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Leimiswil (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2011

Until December 31, 2010, Leimiswil was a political municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

On January 1, 2011, Leimiswil merged with Kleindietwil to form the municipality of Madiswil .

The typical scattered settlement has no real village center; the larger hamlets of Lindenholz, Leimiswil and Linden belong to the former community, and there are many individual houses.

geography

Leimiswil is located in Oberaargau in the Swiss plateau .

economy

The community has a strong rural character, 63% of the businesses are farms.

fusion

At the community assembly on December 12, 2009, 124 of the 164 eligible voters present voted for a merger with Madiswil and Kleindietwil . As a result, Leimiswil has been part of the new community of Madiswil since January 1, 2011.

Attractions

literature

  • Walter Hofstetter: Chronicle of Leimiswil. A church through the ages. From Leimolteswilare around 820 to Leimiswil 1996 . Municipal writing office, Leimiswil 1996.
  • Max Jufer (Red.): The Aarwangen district and its communities . Published by the Aarwangen district and the 25 municipalities. Merkur, Langenthal 1991, ISBN 3-9070-1210-0 .

Web links

Commons : Leimiswil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Community Madiswil: Leimiswil - district since 01.01.2011 . Retrieved November 28, 2015.