Burgdorf, Switzerland
town and municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
Burgdorf (French: Berthoud) is the largest city in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Burgdorf  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°03′N 7°37′E / 47.050°N 7.617°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Emmental |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Elisabeth Zäch SPS/PSS (as of February 2014) |
| • Parliament | Stadtrat with 40 members , instaured 1921) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.56 km2 (6.01 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 533 m (1,749 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 16,420 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3400 |
| SFOS number | 0404 |
| Surrounded by | Hasle bei Burgdorf, Heimiswil, Kirchberg, Krauchthal, Lyssach, Mötschwil, Oberburg, Rüti bei Lyssach, Wynigen |
| Twin towns | Epesses (Switzerland), Burgdorf (Germany), San Pellegrino Terme (Italy) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Gallery
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Burgdorf -
Burgdorf train station -
Burgdorf Castle
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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Other websites
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Media related to Burgdorf, Switzerland at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in German)
- http://www.schloss-burgdorf.ch (in German)
- Burgdorf (municipality) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
