Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)

Bern-Mittelland District
Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Bern
Capital Ostermundigen
Area
 • Total 947 km2 (366 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 406,328
 • Density 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 84

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 84 municipalities with an area of 946.30 km2 (365.37 sq mi) and a population (as of 2015) of 406,328.[2]

It is made up of the valley of the rivers Aare and Emme, some of the foothills of the Bernese Alps, as well as the plain around the capital Bern, and has many small farms and hilly forested regions with small to mid-sized towns scattered throughout. It is perhaps best known by foreigners and visitors for the Emmental. The classic Swiss cheese with holes Emmentaler comes from this region's forests and pastures, of hilly and low mountainous countryside in the 1,000 to 2,000 m (3,300 to 6,600 ft) range.

Municipalities

Flag Name Population
(31 December 2015)[3]		 Area in km²
Allmendingen 545 3.80
Arni 922 10.44
Bäriswil 1,023 2.72
Belp 11,548 23.29
Bern 131,554 51.61
Biglen 1,745 3.61
Bolligen 6,138 16.56
Bowil 1,370 14.69
Bremgarten bei Bern 4,385 1.91
Brenzikofen 519 2.20
Clavaleyres 49 1.01
Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee 85 2.14
Diemerswil 204 2.86
Ferenbalm 1,234 9.18
Fraubrunnen 4,889 31.97
Frauenkappelen 1,207 9.31
Freimettigen 469 2.95
Gelterfingen 269 3.50
Gerzensee 1,163 7.79
Golaten 314 2.79
Grosshöchstetten 3,516 3.47
Guggisberg 1,550 54.92
Gurbrü 246 1.84
Häutligen 249 3.0
Herbligen 600 2.77
Iffwil 423 5.07
Ittigen 11,390 4.21
Jaberg 252 1.32
Jegenstorf 5,609 13.5
Kaufdorf 1,061 2.04
Kehrsatz 4,226 4.44
Kiesen 924 4.69
Kirchdorf 956 6.10
Kirchenthurnen 279 1.24
Kirchlindach 2,900 11.97
Köniz 40,214 50.98
Konolfingen 5,225 12.79
Kriechenwil 422 4.76
Landiswil 625 10.26
Laupen 3,079 4.11
Linden 1,277 13.23
Lohnstorf 235 1.80
Mattstetten 561 3.82
Meikirch 2,386 10.22
Mirchel 626 2.35
Moosseedorf 4,012 6.34
Mühleberg 2,854 26.21
Mühledorf 245 2.32
Mühlethurnen 1,395 2.94
Münchenbuchsee 9,947 8.82
Münchenwiler 480 2.50
Münsingen 12,199 15.75
Muri bei Bern 12,984 7.64
Neuenegg 5,194 21.87
Niederhünigen 606 5.40
Niedermuhlern 463 7.24
Noflen 304 2.71
Oberbalm 883 12.42
Oberdiessbach 3,522 16.46
Oberhünigen 317 6.03
Oberthal 739 10.51
Oppligen 658 3.40
Ostermundigen 16,788 5.96
Riggisberg 2,452 29.83
Rubigen 2,920 6.93
Rüeggisberg 1,819 35.79
Rümligen 436 4.65
Rüschegg 1,607 57.27
Schlosswil 630 3.45
Schwarzenburg 6,857 44.88
Stettlen 3,149 3.52
Toffen 2,527 4.91
Urtenen-Schönbühl 6,211 7.18
Vechigen 5,252 24.82
Wald 1,181 13.30
Walkringen 1,772 17.19
Wichtrach 4,115 11.57
Wiggiswil 98 1.44
Wileroltigen 384 4.16
Wohlen bei Bern 8,987 36.33
Worb 11,449 21.10
Zäziwil 1,642 5.42
Zollikofen 10,217 5.38
Zuzwil 570 3.46
Total (84) 406,328 946.30

Mergers and name changes

Demographics

Bern-Mittelland has a population (as of December 2015) of 406,328. 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.[6]

Notes and 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 30 August 2016
  3. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 30 August 2016
  4. 1 2 Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 4 April 2011
  5. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 21 December 2011
  6. ↑ Statistical office of the Canton of Bern (in German) accessed 4 January 2012

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

  1. 1 2 "Karte der Verwaltungskreise und Verwaltungsregionen" (PDF) (PDF) (in German). Thun, Berne: Justiz-, Gemeinde- und Kirchendirektion, Canton of Berne. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  2. 1 2 "Regierungsstatthalterämter" (in German). Thun, Berne: Justiz-, Gemeinde- und Kirchendirektion, Canton of Berne. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
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