Wangen District

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Wangen District
Amtsbezirk Wangen
District
Karte Bezirk Wangen 2007.png
Country Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Canton Flag of Canton of Bern.svg  Bern
Capital Wangen
Area
  Total151 km2 (58 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
  Total26,736
  Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities23

Wangen District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital is the municipality of Wangen an der Aare.

From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Oberaargau administrative district, whose administrative centre is Wangen an der Aare. Since 2010, it remains therefore a fully recognised district under the law and the Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne.

The district has an area of 129 km² and consists of 23 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation (Dec 2007) [1] Area (km²)
Attiswil 1,3257.7
Berken 501.4
Bettenhausen 4962.0
Bollodingen 2332.0
Farnern 2083.7
Graben 2993.2
Heimenhausen a 4213.2
Hermiswil 9423.4
Herzogenbuchsee b 6,719 [2] 9.8 [2]
Inkwil 6583.4
Niederbipp 3,85017.5
Niederönz 1,4702.8
Oberbipp 1,5448.5
Ochlenberg 60712.1
Rumisberg 4935.2
Seeberg 1,36315.8
Thörigen 1,0274.5
Walliswil bei Niederbipp 2241.4
Walliswil bei Wangen 5783.1
Wangen an der Aare 2,0155.2
Wangenried 3982.9
Wiedlisbach 2,1417.5
Wolfisberg 1822.4

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References

  1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 20-Jul-2009
  2. 1 2 City of Herzogenbuchsee Website-Numbers, population as of 1 Jan 2009 (in German) accessed 21 July 2009

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