Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)

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Bern-Mittelland District
Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Bern
Capital Ostermundigen
Area
  Total 947 km2 (366 sq mi)
Population (2012)
  Total 395,006
  Density 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 85

Bern-Mittelland District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010.[1] It is part of the Bern-Mittelland administrative region, and is the only district in the region. It contains 96 municipalities with an area of 946.30 km2 (365.37 sq mi) and a population (as of 2012) of 395,006.[2]

Municipalities

Flag Name Population
(31 December 2012)[2]
Area in km²
Allmendingen 511 3.80
Arni 937 10.44
Bäriswil 1,024 2.72
Belp 11,108 23.29
Bern 127,515 51.61
Biglen 1,736 3.61
Bolligen 6,021 16.56
Bowil 1,365 14.69
Bremgarten bei Bern 4,318 1.91
Brenzikofen 521 2.20
Clavaleyres 50 1.01
Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee 92 2.14
Diemerswil 190 2.86
Ferenbalm 1,243 9.18
Fraubrunnen 4,845 31.97
Frauenkappelen 1,241 9.31
Freimettigen 449 2.95
Gelterfingen 254 3.50
Gerzensee 1,184 7.79
Golaten 295 2.79
Grosshöchstetten 3,287 3.47
Guggisberg 1,553 54.92
Gurbrü 254 1.84
Häutligen 252 3.0
Herbligen 579 2.77
Iffwil 412 5.07
Ittigen 10,997 4.21
Jaberg 252 1.32
Jegenstorf 5,470 13.5
Kaufdorf 1,048 2.04
Kehrsatz 4,120 4.44
Kiesen 864 4.69
Kirchdorf 881 6.10
Kirchenthurnen 272 1.24
Kirchlindach 2,808 11.97
Köniz 39,375 50.98
Konolfingen 4,911 12.79
Kriechenwil 414 4.76
Landiswil 634 10.26
Laupen 2,821 4.11
Linden 1,307 13.23
Lohnstorf 218 1.80
Mattstetten 586 3.82
Meikirch 2,424 10.22
Mirchel 591 2.35
Moosseedorf 3,645 6.34
Mühleberg 2,727 26.21
Mühledorf 258 2.32
Mühlethurnen 1,372 2.94
Münchenbuchsee 9,749 8.82
Münchenwiler 471 2.50
Münsingen 11,566 12.11
Muri bei Bern 12,675 7.64
Neuenegg 4,880 21.87
Niederhünigen 626 5.40
Niedermuhlern 461 7.24
Noflen 286 2.71
Oberbalm 876 12.42
Oberdiessbach 3,476 16.46
Oberhünigen 326 6.03
Oberthal 761 10.51
Oppligen 664 3.40
Ostermundigen 15,871 5.96
Riggisberg 2,401 29.83
Rubigen 2,895 6.93
Rüeggisberg 1,846 35.79
Rümligen 438 4.65
Rüschegg 1,612 57.27
Schlosswil 632 3.45
Schwarzenburg 6,773 44.88
Stettlen 2,883 3.52
Tägertschi 409 3.64
Toffen 2,499 4.91
Urtenen-Schönbühl 5,890 7.18
Vechigen 4,809 24.82
Wald 1,184 13.30
Walkringen 1,832 17.19
Wichtrach 4,089 11.57
Wiggiswil 98 1.44
Wileroltigen 385 4.16
Wohlen bei Bern 8,901 36.33
Worb 11,324 21.10
Zäziwil 1,632 5.42
Zollikofen 9,977 5.38
Zuzwil 578 3.46
Total (85) 395,006 946.30

Mergers and name changes

  • On 1 January 2011 the former municipalities of Albligen and Wahlern merged to form the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.[3]
  • The municipality of Belpberg merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Belp.[4]

Demographics

Bern-Mittelland has a population (as of December 2012) of 395,006. As of 2008, the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population was made up of 156,642 Swiss men (40.3% of the population) and 31,135 (8.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 172,829 Swiss women (44.5%) and 2,794 (0.7%) non-Swiss women.[5]

Notes and references

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
  1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 2776. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 29 August 2013
  3. 3.0 3.1 Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (German) accessed 4 April 2011
  4. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 21 December 2011
  5. Statistical office of the Canton of Bern (German) accessed 4 January 2012


Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°29′E / 46.950°N 7.483°E / 46.950; 7.483

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