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 2018) of 97,218.[2]

Flag Name Population
(31 December 2018)[2]		 Area in km²
Aefligen1,090 2.03
Affoltern im Emmental1,101 11.49
Alchenstorf575 6.56
Bätterkinden3,250 10.17
Burgdorf16,420 15.61
Dürrenroth1,061 14.13
Eggiwil2,440 60.32
Ersigen2,068 8.73
Hasle bei Burgdorf3,286 21.90
Heimiswil1,621 23.34
Hellsau211 1.49
Hindelbank2,496 6.72
Höchstetten275 2.63
Kernenried553 3.34
Kirchberg5,965 9.02
Koppigen2,095 6.93
Krauchthal2,366 19.43
Langnau im Emmental9,380 48.39
Lauperswil2,615 21.22
Lützelflüh4,147 26.92
Lyssach1,446 6.06
Mötschwil119 2.94
Oberburg2,937 14.11
Röthenbach im Emmental1,169 36.78
Rüderswil2,385 17.15
Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh2,418 2.74
Rüegsau3,260 15.10
Rumendingen78 2.42
Rüti bei Lyssach160 1.30
Schangnau908 36.48
Signau2,660 22.10
Sumiswald5,045 59.37
Trachselwald960 15.95
Trub1,326 62.02
Trubschachen1,450 15.63
Utzenstorf4,333 16.94
Wiler bei Utzenstorf963 3.83
Willadingen205 2.16
Wynigen2,060 28.31
Zielebach321 1.92
Total (40)97,218 690.45
Emmental District

Verwaltungskreis Emmental
District
Country  Switzerland
Canton Bern
CapitalLangnau im Emmental
Area
 • Total691 km2 (267 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
 • Total97,218
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities40

Mergers and name changes

On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Oberösch and Niederösch merged into Ersigen.[3]

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. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 23 September 2019
  3. Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 3 February 2016

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