Walterswil BE

BE is the abbreviation for the canton of Bern in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Walterswil .

Walterswil

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Oberaargauw
BFS no. :	0959i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	4942
Coordinates :	625 803 / 218 186 coordinates: 47 ° 6 '51 " N , 7 ° 46' 43" O ; CH1903: 625,803 / 21818647.114163 7.77862 658
Height :	658 m above sea level M.
Height range :	626–848 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.87 km²
Residents:	538 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.walterswil-be.ch
Historic half-timbered house Gasthaus Löwen in Walterswil
Location of the municipality
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Walterswil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

The community consists of the localities Walterswil, Mühleweg and Schmidigen. Walterswil can be geographically assigned to the Emmental and Oberaargau .

history

The place name is traced back to an Alemanni named "Walthari". The oldest surviving document with the name of the community as "Walterswyle" is dated to 1139. In 1798 Walterswil became its own municipality . Today almost 600 people live in the community. Around 50 families make their living full-time and part-time from agriculture .