Langenthal

Langenthal
Langenthal
Municipality
	Building in the old town of Langenthal
	Coat of arms
	Location of Langenthal
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	Coordinates: 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/UDC; (as of March 2014)
• Parliament	Stadtrat ; with 40 members
Area
• Total	17.3 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
Elevation	481 m (1,578 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	15,624
• Density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	4900-4902
SFOS number	0329
ISO 3166 code	CH-BE
Surrounded by	Aarwangen, Bleienbach, Lotzwil, Obersteckholz, Roggwil, Thunstetten, Untersteckholz
Twin towns	Brig-Glis (Switzerland), Neviano (Italy)
Website	www.langenthal.ch ; SFSO statistics

Langenthal is a town and a municipality in the district of Oberaargau in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Untersteckholz merged into the Langenthal.^[3] On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Obersteckholz merged into Langenthal.^[4]

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

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