Walperswil

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Walperswil
Walperswil coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Zealandw
BFS no. : 0754i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3272
Coordinates : 583910  /  212106 coordinates: 47 ° 3 '35 "  N , 7 ° 13' 37"  O ; CH1903:  583910  /  212106
Height : 468  m above sea level M.
Height range : 437–479 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.96  km²
Residents: 1043 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 150 inhabitants per km²
Mayor : Christian Mathys ( SVP )
Website: www.walperswil.ch
Walperswil

Walperswil
Location of the municipality
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Walperswil is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . It consists of the districts of Walperswil and Gimmiz.

geography

Aerial photo (1954)

The municipality is located on the northern edge of the Grosse Moos on the Aare-Hagneck Canal . The village is laid out on a long hill above the plain. The district of Gimmiz is located in the flat area east of the village. The Walperswil Bridge leads over the Hagneck Canal.

The neighboring communities in the north, starting clockwise, are Epsach , Bühl BE , Kappelen BE , Bargen BE , Siselen , Hagneck and Täuffelen . The Aare - Hagneck Canal forms the southern municipal boundary .

Land survey

In the 19th century, an important stage in Swiss national surveying began in Walperswil . A monument of national importance, which was inaugurated on May 20, 2006 in Walperswil, testifies to this. It is the north end of the baseline in the Grosse Moos , which was placed under monument protection on the initiative of the Bernese Heritage Protection Agency. The 13 km long route between Walperswil and Sugiez FR was last measured for the Dufour map in 1834 ; it thus determined the geometric size of Switzerland until the end of the 19th century. ⊙ ⊙

politics

The voting shares of the parties at the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 50.9%, BDP 18.1%, SP 10.2%, FDP 6.6%, glp 4.7%, EPP 3.4%, GPS 2.3 %, CVP 1.4%, EDU 1.1%.

Personalities

Attractions

photos

  • reformed Church

  • Walperswil rectory

  • Village center

literature

  • Andres Moser: The art monuments of the canton of Bern. Landband 2: The Erlach district, the Nidau ​​district. Part 1. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Wiese, Basel 1998, (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 90). ISBN 3-909164-63-3 . Pp. 374-386.

Web links

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

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. ↑ Martin Rickenbacher: The basic measurements in the large moss between Walperswil and Sugiez
  3. ^ Results of the Walperswil community. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on April 17, 2016 .