Wyssachen
Wyssachen | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Bern (BE) |
Administrative district : | Oberaargau |
BFS no. : | 0960 |
Postal code : | 4954 |
UN / LOCODE : | CH WSC |
Coordinates : | 629 743 / 214 282 |
Height : | 707 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 658-1023 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 11.69 km² |
Residents: | 1138 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 97 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.wyssachen.ch |
Wyssachen village center |
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Location of the municipality | |
Wyssachen ( [ˈʋiːˌsaxən] ; officially called Wyssachengraben until 1908 ) is a political municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .
geography
Wyssachen is about 20 km south of Langenthal on the stream of the same name in a side valley of the Langete . The neighboring communities of Wyssachen are Huttwil in the north, Eriswil in the east, Sumiswald in the south and Dürrenroth in the west .
Personalities
The following personalities were born in Wyssachen:
- Johann Ulrich Heiniger (born February 8, 1808; † May 28, 1892 in Bern), later the Bern city missionary
- Sam Jaun (born September 30, 1935 - † February 9, 2018 in Bern), crime writer
photos
See also
Web links
Commons : Wyssachen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website of the municipality of Wyssachen
- Anne-Marie Dubler : Wyssachen. In: Historical Lexicon of 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