Nidau District Explained

Official Name:Nidau District
Native Name:Amtsbezirk Nidau
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type3:Capital
Area Total Km2:88
Population As Of:2007
Population Total:40728
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipalities
Blank Info Sec1:25

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:

MunicipalityPopulation (Dec 2007)[1] Area (km2)
1,656 2.1
1,371 3.8
3,962 5.0
421 3.0
343 3.4
418 1.8
264 3.5
3,747 1.9
648 4.6
507 1.8
404 2.3
841 2.2
6,652 1.5
2,620 4.0
3,206 2.5
1,839 5.6
452 2.1
623 4.1
2,642 2.7
1,303 3.6
2,523 4.4
309 3.3
818 9.1
890 7.0
2,269 2.8

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office