Emmental (administrative district)

Emmental District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010.^[1] It is part of the Emmental-Oberaargau administrative region. It contains 40 municipalities with an area of 690.45 km² (266.58 sq mi) and a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 97,666.^[2]

Flag	Name	Population (31 December 2020)[2]	Area in km²[3]
	Aefligen	1,103	2.03
	Affoltern im Emmental	1,125	11.49
	Alchenstorf	584	6.56
	Bätterkinden	3,288	10.17
	Burgdorf	16,583	15.61
	Dürrenroth	1,052	14.13
	Eggiwil	2,486	60.32
	Ersigen	2,063	8.73
	Hasle bei Burgdorf	3,302	21.90
	Heimiswil	1,632	23.34
	Hellsau	214	1.49
	Hindelbank	2,519	9.7
	Höchstetten	279	2.63
	Kernenried	547	3.34
	Kirchberg	5,919	9.02
	Koppigen	2,104	6.93
	Krauchthal	2,384	19.43
	Langnau im Emmental	9,262	48.39
	Lauperswil	2,663	21.22
	Lützelflüh	4,211	26.92
	Lyssach	1,466	6.06
	Oberburg	2,937	14.11
	Röthenbach im Emmental	1,169	36.78
	Rüderswil	2,373	17.15
	Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh	2,444	2.74
	Rüegsau	3,265	15.10
	Rumendingen	81	2.42
	Rüti bei Lyssach	172	1.30
	Schangnau	918	36.48
	Signau	2,594	22.10
	Sumiswald	5,044	59.37
	Trachselwald	954	15.95
	Trub	1,314	62.02
	Trubschachen	1,465	15.63
	Utzenstorf	4,430	16.94
	Wiler bei Utzenstorf	995	3.83
	Willadingen	199	2.16
	Wynigen	2,077	28.31
	Zielebach	330	1.92
	Total (40)	97,666	690.45

Emmental District Verwaltungskreis Emmental
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
Capital	Langnau im Emmental
Area
• Total	691 km2 (267 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2020)
• Total	97,666
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	39

Mergers and name changes

• On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Oberösch and Niederösch merged into Ersigen.^[4]
• On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Mötschwil merged into Hindelbank.^[5]

References

1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 2776. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
2. "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
3. Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
4. Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 3 February 2016
5. "Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden". bfs.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

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