Grossaffoltern

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Coordinates: 47°4′N, 7°21′E

Grossaffoltern
Canton Berne
District Aarberg
Coordinates  47°4′N, 7°21′E
Population 2809   (January 2005)
Area 15.06 km²
Elevation 511 m
Postal code 3257
SFOS number 0303
Website www.grossaffoltern.ch
Localities Ammerzwil, Kaltenbrunnen, Kosthofen, Ottiswil, Suberg, Vorimholz, Weingarten
Surrounded by Diessbach bei Büren, Lyss, Rapperswil, Schüpfen, Seedorf, Wengi
Twin towns Horsovsky Tyn (Czech Republic)
Grossaffoltern (Switzerland)
Grossaffoltern
Grossaffoltern

Grossaffoltern is a municipality in the district of Aarberg in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

It lies close to Lyss in the Bernese Seeland and has about 2,800 inhabitants (2004).

The municipality is known for its stork colony.

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