Country Switzerland Area 691 km² Population 93,677 (31 Dec 2010) Municipalities 40 | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Founded 1 January 2010 Capital Langnau im Emmental Canton Canton of Bern | |
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Emmental District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Emmental-Oberaargau administrative region. It contains 40 municipalities with an area of 690.45 km2 (266.58 sq mi) and a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 96,207.
Mergers and name changes
On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Oberösch and Niederösch merged into Ersigen.
References
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