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Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Bern

Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau is one of 10 districts of the canton of Bern and comprises 43 municipalities with 86'163 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

district results as published by BFS
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP40.2% · strongest party
SVP40.2%
SP15.7%
FDP8.4%
GLP8.3%
Mitte7.8%
GRÜNE7.3%
EDU4.9%
EVP4.1%
Übrige2.9%
SD0.4%
Walliswil bei Niederbipp
90 %
median of its municipalities
170 %
Oeschenbach
200 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 90 % % in Walliswil bei Niederbipp to 200 % % in Oeschenbach (median 170 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 14.3 % in Walliswil bei Niederbipp to 17.9 % in Oeschenbach (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
2.02 %
Dwellings
43'977
Avg. rooms
3.9
Built before 1946
31.0%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+681 +0.8%
births
685
deaths
785
net migration
+814
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
43'115
Workplaces
6'098
Services share
62.4 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 3'113 (7.2%) · Secondary 13'056 (30.3%) · Tertiary 26'894 (62.4%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
954
Organic share
11 %
Farmland
18'312 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
8.9 °C
Precipitation
1'174 mm
Elevation
399–1'230 m
Flat share
46.9%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
992 GWh
Electricity
25.6 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
73 min
Road to centre
49 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (23.1535.017 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau?
Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau comprises 43 municipalities: Langenthal, Herzogenbuchsee, Niederbipp, Huttwil, Aarwangen, Roggwil, Thunstetten, Madiswil, Wangen an der Aare, Lotzwil, Wiedlisbach, Oberbipp, Niederönz, Wynau, Rohrbach, Seeberg, Attiswil, Melchnau, Eriswil, Heimenhausen, Thörigen, Wyssachen, Ursenbach, Bleienbach, Gondiswil, Bettenhausen, Bannwil, Inkwil, Walliswil bei Wangen, Rütschelen, Ochlenberg, Walterswil, Schwarzhäusern, Rumisberg, Auswil, Rohrbachgraben, Graben, Oeschenbach, Walliswil bei Niederbipp, Farnern, Reisiswil, Busswil bei Melchnau, Berken. Together they have 86'163 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau in?
Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau lies in the canton of Bern, which is divided into 10 districts.
How many people live in Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau?
Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau has 86'163 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 43 municipalities; the largest is Langenthal with 16'233.
Does Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau the municipal rate ranges from 90 % (Walliswil bei Niederbipp) to 200 % (Oeschenbach).
How did Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau voted 58.5 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.