Konolfingen District Explained

Official Name:Konolfingen
Native Name:Amtsbezirk Konolfingen
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type3:Capital
Area Total Km2:214
Population As Of:2007
Population Total:57249
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipalities
Blank Info Sec1:29

Konolfingen District is a district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. While being an administrative district with power, its capital was the town of Konolfingen. The district contains 12 municipalities covering an area of 153km²:

From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), whose administrative centre is Ostermundigen.

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 consistes of 29 municipalities in an area of 214 km².

Mergers

On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Aeschlen merged into the municipality of Oberdiessbach.[1]

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 . Federal Statistical Office . 2009 . 6 March 2010 . 2775 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021059/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf . 18 November 2010 .