Langenthal

Municipality
	Coat of arms of Coat of arms
	Location of Langenthal Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°47′E / 47.217°N 7.783°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 7°47′E / 47.217°N 7.783°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Oberaargau
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat ; with 7 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list); Thomas Rufener SVP; (as of March 2014)
• Parliament	Stadtrat ; with 40 members
Area
• Total	17.2 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Elevation	481 m (1,578 ft)
Population (Dec 2014)
• Total	15,316
• Density	890.5/km2 (2,306/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	4900-4902
Surrounded by	Aarwangen, Bleienbach, Lotzwil, Obersteckholz, Roggwil, Thunstetten, Untersteckholz
Twin towns	Brig (Switzerland), Neviano (Italy)
Website	www.langenthal.ch ; SFSO statistics

Langenthal is a town in the administrative district of Oberaargau in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2010, the former municipality of Untersteckholz merged into the municipality of Langenthal. On 1 January 2021 the Obersteckholz became part of Langenthal.

Langenthal is an educational, cultural, and economic center for the region of Oberaargau.

Gallery

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Langenthal
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Langete

Langenthal Media

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Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
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Poster from 1936 advertising the Langenthal-Huttwil-Wollhusen railway
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River Langete, youth center and culture center Alte Mühle at Langenthal, canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Train station and high-rise in Langenthal
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Fasnacht celebration in Langenthal
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Friedrich August Flueckiger, 1893
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Heinz Holliger
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Das historische Kaufhaus in Langenthal
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Die alte Mühle in Langenthal

References

Other websites

Media related to Langenthal at Wikimedia Commons

Official website of Langenthal (in German)

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Municipality
Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Location of Langenthal Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°47′E / 47.217°N 7.783°E / 47.217; 7.783Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°47′E / 47.217°N 7.783°E / 47.217; 7.783
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Oberaargau
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 7 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Thomas Rufener SVP (as of March 2014)
• Parliament	Stadtrat with 40 members
Area
• Total	17.2 km² (6.6 sq mi)
Elevation	481 m (1,578 ft)
Population (Dec 2014)
• Total	15,316
• Density	890.5/km² (2,306/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	4900-4902
Surrounded by	Aarwangen, Bleienbach, Lotzwil, Obersteckholz, Roggwil, Thunstetten, Untersteckholz
Twin towns	Brig (Switzerland), Neviano (Italy)
Website	www.langenthal.ch SFSO statistics