Berken
Berken is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 46 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Berken BE” and “CH0972”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bannwil railway station and Thunstetten Castle.
Bannwil railway station
Railway stop
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Bannwil railway station is a railway station on the metre-gauge line Langenthal–Oensingen at Bannwil, canton of Bern, Switzerland. It was opened in 1907 by the Langenthal-Jura-Bahn.
Thunstetten Castle
Castle
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Thunstetten Castle is a castle in the municipality of Thunstetten of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Thunstetten Castle is situated 4 km southeast of Berken.
Wangen an der Aare railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wangen an der Aare railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Wangen an der Aare, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Jura Foot line of Swiss Federal Railways. Wangen an der Aare railway station is situated 4 km west of Berken.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herzogenbuchsee and Wangen an der Aare.
Herzogenbuchsee
Village
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Herzogenbuchsee is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The population is 7055, counting the villages in the Oberaargau. The traditional name was Buchsi. Herzogenbuchsee is situated 4½ km south of Berken.
Wangen an der Aare
Village
Photo: Schweiz-bilder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wangen an der Aare is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of Wangenried merged to form the municipality of Wangen an der Aare. Wangen an der Aare is situated 4 km west of Berken.
Aarwangen
Village
Aarwangen is a village and a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Aarwangen is situated 5 km east of Berken.
Berken
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Oberaargau, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.2271° or 47° 13′ 37″ northLongitude
7.7095° or 7° 42′ 34″ eastPopulation
46Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)Open location code
8FV96PG5+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 203638720OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7285210Wikidata ID
Q67803
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Berken” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Berken”
- Basque: “Berken”
- Breton: “Berken”
- Bulgarian: “Беркен”
- Catalan: “Berken”
- Cebuano: “Berken”
- Chinese: “伯肯”
- Dutch: “Berken”
- Esperanto: “Berken”
- Esperanto: “Christehof”
- Esperanto: “Oberberken”
- Esperanto: “Unterberken”
- French: “Berken”
- German: “Berken BE”
- German: “Berken”
- Hungarian: “Berken”
- Irish: “Berken”
- Italian: “Berken”
- Japanese: “バーケン”
- Kazakh: “Беркен”
- Lombard: “Berken”
- Malay: “Berken”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Berken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Berken”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Berken”
- Polish: “Berken”
- Portuguese: “Berken”
- Russian: “Беркен”
- Spanish: “Berken”
- Swedish: “Berken”
- Swiss German: “Berke”
- Tosk Albanian: “Berken”
- Turkish: “Berken”
- Ukrainian: “Беркен”
- Upper Sorbian: “Berken”
- Venetian: “Berken”
- Vietnamese: “Berken”
- Volapük: “Berken”
- Waray (Philippines): “Berken”
- Welsh: “Berken”
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