Oberaargau



Coordinates: 46°14′N 7°39′E / 46.233°N 7.650°E / 46.233; 7.650
The Oberaargau is the region that encompasses the upper watershed of the Aar River in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On the north, lie the Jura Mountains, and on the south the hills leading to the Emmental


Administratively, the Oberaargau forms a district within the region Emmental-Oberaargau of the canton of Bern.
Historically (until 2009), the Oberaargau comprised the two administrative districts of Wangen and Aarwangen.




Contents





  • 1 Geography


  • 2 Administrative district


  • 3 History


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Geography


It lies in the extreme northeast corner of the canton and includes the districts of Aarwangen and Wangen, and part of the district of Trachselwald. It is surrounded by the cantons of Solothurn, Aargau, and Lucerne. It is connected to the rest of the canton of Bern only in the south, where it borders on the Emmenthal.


The Oberaargau lies on the Swiss Plateau between the large population centers of Bern and Zürich and has therefore become a major thoroughfare for traffic running both east and west and north and south. The Aar River traverses it from west to east, and the primary motorway of Switzerland (the A1) and the main Bern-Zürich railway run through it, making it a central transport region.


The primary city is Langenthal, and the towns of Herzogenbuchsee, Wangen, and Aarwangen are important transportation centers. Since the building of the motorway, the primary economic development has taken place in the north, at the foot of the Jura Mountains, particularly in the towns of Wiedlisbach and Niederbipp.


The highest point in the Oberaargaus is the Höllchöpfli in the municipality of Rumisberg, at 1231 meters, and the lowest point is on the Aare at Wynau, at 405 meters.



Administrative district


District in Switzerland




















Oberaargau District
Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

District

Location of Oberaargau District
Country
  Switzerland
Canton
 Bern
Capital
Wangen an der Aare
Area
 • Total
331.04 km2 (127.82 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total
80,843
 • Density
240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone
CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST)
CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities
46

The Oberaargau District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010.[1] It is part of the Emmental-Oberaargau administrative region and includes 46 municipalities over an area of (based on the 2004/09/16 survey) of 331.04 km2 (127.82 sq mi)[2] with, as of 31 December 2016, 80,843 residents.[3]




































































































































































































Border

Name

Population
(31 December 2016)[3]

Area in km²[4]

Aarwangen
Aarwangen4,518
9.9

Attiswil
Attiswil1,428
7.65

Auswil
Auswil450
4.62

Bannwil
Bannwil690
4.78

Berken
Berken43
1.39

Bettenhausen
Bettenhausen645
3.94

Bleienbach
Bleienbach695
5.69

Busswil bei Melchnau
Busswil bei Melchnau185
2.86

Eriswil
Eriswil1,407
11.34

Farnern
Farnern208
3.68

Gondiswil
Gondiswil733
9.4

Graben
Graben335
3.16

Heimenhausen
Heimenhausen1,099
5.84

Herzogenbuchsee
Herzogenbuchsee6,998
9.82

Huttwil
Huttwil4,835
17.24

Inkwil
Inkwil617
3.38

Langenthal
Langenthal15,501
17.22

Lotzwil
Lotzwil2,557
6.22

Madiswil
Madiswil3,239
23.17

Melchnau
Melchnau1,531
10.27

Niederbipp
Niederbipp4,647
17.31

Niederönz
Niederönz1,694
2.79

Oberbipp
Oberbipp1,701
8.45

Obersteckholz
Obersteckholz414
3.91

Ochlenberg
Ochlenberg561
9.9

Oeschenbach
Oeschenbach240
3.92

Reisiswil
Reisiswil185
2.01

Roggwil
Roggwil3,996
7.84

Rohrbach
Rohrbach1,436
4.08

Rohrbachgraben
Rohrbachgraben397
6.46

Rumisberg
Rumisberg479
5.14

Rütschelen
Rütschelen568
3.98

Schwarzhäusern
Schwarzhäusern506
3.79

Seeberg
Seeberg1,573
16.8

Thörigen
Thörigen1,117
4.55

Thunstetten
Thunstetten3,338
9.66

Ursenbach
Ursenbach903
9.9

Walliswil bei Niederbipp
Walliswil bei Niederbipp211
9.9

Walliswil bei Wangen
Walliswil bei Wangen594
9.9

Walterswil
Walterswil546
7.87

Wangen an der Aare
Wangen an der Aare2,305
5.22

Wangenried
Wangenried426
2.91

Wiedlisbach
Wiedlisbach2,325
7.5

Wolfisberg
Wolfisberg184
2.46

Wynau
Wynau1,637
5.07

Wyssachen
Wyssachen1,146
11.69

Total (46)
80,843
331.04


History


The region was already known as the Oberaargau in the early Middle Ages (in Latin superior pagus Aragauginsis). However, this concept also included the Emmenthal.


In the High Middle Ages, the area was divided among the counts of Froburg, Aarwangen (later Grünenberg), Zähringen (later the Habsburgs).


As the political influence of the city of Bern increased in the late Middle Ages, the Oberaargau came more and more into its sphere of influence. In the 15th century, Bern conquered both the Oberaargau and the Unteraargau and ruled them as one.


When Bern lost its old power in 1798, the Unteraargau became the modern canton of Aargau. The boundary between the Oberaargau and Unteraargau was fixed in 1798 along the Wigger River. In 1802, however, it was shifted west to Murg. This action was confirmed by the Act of Mediation of Napoleon in 1803 and the Congress of Vienna in 1815.



References




  1. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 2776. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 


  2. ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen accessed 14 February 2018


  3. ^ ab Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 30 August 2017


  4. ^



External links


  • Regional Web site (in German)


  • Oberaargau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.






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