Nidau District
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Nidau District
Amtsbezirk Nidau | |
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District | |
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Capital | Nidau |
Area | |
• Total | 88 km2 (34 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 40,728 |
• Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Municipalities | 25 |
Nidau District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital, while having administrative power, was the municipality of Nidau.
From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Biel/Bienne (administrative district), whose administrative centre is Biel/Bienne.
Since 2010, it remains therefore a fully recognised district under the law and the Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne.
Although the district is officially German speaking, a small French-speaking minority lives in the area. The district has an area of 113 km2 and consisted of 25 municipalities:
Municipality | Population (Dec 2007)[1] | Area (km2) |
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Aegerten | 1,656 | 2.1 |
Bellmund | 1,371 | 3.8 |
Brügg | 3,962 | 5.0 |
Bühl bei Aarberg | 421 | 3.0 |
Epsach | 343 | 3.4 |
Hagneck | 418 | 1.8 |
Hermrigen | 264 | 3.5 |
Ipsach | 3,747 | 1.9 |
Jens | 648 | 4.6 |
Ligerz | 507 | 1.8 |
Merzligen | 404 | 2.3 |
Mörigen | 841 | 2.2 |
Nidau | 6,652 | 1.5 |
Orpund | 2,620 | 4.0 |
Port | 3,206 | 2.5 |
Safnern | 1,839 | 5.6 |
Scheuren | 452 | 2.1 |
Schwadernau | 623 | 4.1 |
Studen | 2,642 | 2.7 |
Sutz-Lattrigen | 1,303 | 3.6 |
Täuffelen | 2,523 | 4.4 |
Tüscherz-Alfermée | 309 | 3.3 |
Twann | 818 | 9.1 |
Walperswil | 890 | 7.0 |
Worben | 2,269 | 2.8 |
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- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 09-Jul-2009
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