Rapperswil, Berne

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Coordinates: 47°4′N 7°25′E

Rapperswil
Canton	Berne
District	Aarberg
Coordinates	47°4′N 7°25′E
Population	4026   (January 2005)
Area	18.2 km²
Elevation	521 m
Postal code	3255, 3256
SFOS number	0310
Website	www.rapperswil-be.ch
Surrounded by	Scheunen, Bangerten, Zuzwil, Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee, Münchenbuchsee, Schüpfen, Grossaffoltern, Wengi, Ruppoldsried, and Messen (in the Canton of Solothurn)
Rapperswil

Rapperswil is a municipality in the Aarberg administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It lies 13 km north of the cantonal capital Berne.

It lies on the Swiss Plateau and stretches between the valleys of the Limpach in the north and the Lyss in the south.

There are ten communities within the municipality:

• Rapperswil (521 m), at the entrance of the Wilbach stream, with the hamlet Habanger (515 m) west of the Wilbach, population 583.
• Wierezwil (521 m) on the western plateau, with the hamlet Rüberi (523 m), population 164.
• Frauchwil (503 m) in the valley of the Hohschwerzibach stream, population 81.
• Zimlisberg (527 m) on the eastern plateau, with the hamlet Holzhäusern (522), population 121.
• Bittwil (552 m) on the plateau south of the Limpach, population 68.
• Vogelsang (539 m) in a clearing in the Buechwald forest, poopulation 58.
• Seewil (554 m) on the plateau between the Hardwald forest and Äckenberg, population 209.
• Dieterswil (562 m) on the plateau north of Äckenberg, population 262.
• Moosaffoltern (584 m) on the plateau south of Oberholzes, in the Moossee valley, population 90.
• Lätti (540 m) in the northern valley branch of the Moossee valley, population 449.

[edit] External links

• Aerial photos (German)