Emmental administrative district

Emmental administrative district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Main town :	Langnau in the Emmental
FSO number :	0245
Area :	690.41  km²
Height range :	451–2197 m above sea level M.
Residents:	97,218 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	141 inhabitants per km²
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Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E ; CH1903:  623983  /  206 231 The Administrative District Emmental in canton Bern was founded on January 1 of 2010. It belongs to the administrative region of Emmental-Oberaargau and comprises 40 municipalities on 690.41 km² with a total of 97,218 inhabitants:
as of January 1, 2016

Communities

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	Aefligen	1090	2.04	534
	Affoltern in the Emmental	1101	11.51	96
	Alchenstorf	575	6.57	88
	Bätterkinden	3250	10.19	319
	Burgdorf	16'420	15.56	1055
	Dürrenroth	1061	14.13	75
	Eggiwil	2440	60.30	40
	Ersigen	2068	15.46	134
	Hasle near Burgdorf	3286	21.89	150
	Heimiswil	1621	23.36	69
	Clairvoyant	211	1.48	143
	Hindelbank	2496	6.75	370
	Höchstetten	275	2.64	104
	Kernenried	553	3.33	166
	Kirchberg	5965	9.05	659
	Koppigen	2095	6.93	302
	Krauchthal	2366	19.43	122
	Langnau in the Emmental	9380	48.36	194
	Lauperswil	2615	21.19	123
	Lützelflüh	4147	26.87	154
	Lyssach	1446	6.05	239
	Mötschwil	119	2.95	40
	Oberburg	2937	14.14	208
	Röthenbach in the Emmental	1169	36.80	32
	Rüderswil	2385	17.21	139
	Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh	2418	2.72	889
	Rüegsau	3260	15.06	216
	Rumendingen	78	2.44	32
	Rüti near Lyssach	160	1.29	124
	Schangnau	908	36.48	25th
	Signau	2660	22.13	120
	Sumiswald	5045	59.34	85
	Trachselwald	960	15.96	60
	Turbidity	1326	61.99	21st
	Trubschachen	1450	15.65	93
	Utzenstorf	4333	16.94	256
	Wiler near Utzenstorf	963	3.82	252
	Willadingen	205	2.17	94
	Wynigen	2060	28.32	73
	Zielebach	321	1.91	168
Total (40)		97'218	690.41	141

The municipalities come from the previous administrative districts

• Burgdorf (23),
• Fraubrunnen (4),
• Signau (9) and
• Trachselwald (6).

Changes in the community since 2010

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  Municipalities until 2015

Mergers

• 2016: Ersigen , Niederösch and Oberösch → Ersigen

Web links

Commons : Emmental administrative district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Emmental  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Municipalities and government governor's administrative district Emmental on the website of the canton of Bern

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.