Wangen District

Wangen District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital was the municipality of Wangen an der Aare. The district had an area of 129 km² and consisted of 23 municipalities:

Municipality Population Area (km²)
Attiswil 1,325 7.7
Berken 50 1.4
Bettenhausen 496 2.0
Bollodingen 233 2.0
Farnern 208 3.7
Graben 299 3.2
Heimenhausena 421 3.2
Hermiswil 94 23.4
Herzogenbuchseeb 6,719 9.8
Inkwil 658 3.4
Niederbipp 3,850 17.5
Niederönz 1,470 2.8
Oberbipp 1,544 8.5
Ochlenberg 607 12.1
Rumisberg 493 5.2
Seeberg 1,363 15.8
Thörigen 1,027 4.5
Walliswil bei Niederbipp 224 1.4
Walliswil bei Wangen 578 3.1
Wangen an der Aare 2,015 5.2
Wangenried 398 2.9
Wiedlisbach 2,141 7.5
Wolfisberg 182 2.4
  • ^a In 2009, the municipalities of Wanzwil and Röthenbach bei Herzogenbuchsee became part of the municipality of Heimenhausen
  • ^b In 2008 Oberönz became part of Herzogenbuchsee

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