Busswil bei Büren

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Busswil bei Büren
municipality_name = Busswil bei Büren
municipality_type = Gemeinde
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languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Büren
lat_d=47|lat_m=5|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=19|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3292
municipality_code = 0384
area = 3.10
elevation = 437|elevation_description=
population = 1930|populationof = January 2004
website = www.busswil.ch
mayor = Rolf Christen|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=SVP
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neighboring_municipalities= Büetigen, Lyss, Studen, Worben
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Busswil bei Büren is a municipality in the district of Büren in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

Geography

Busswil is located at old Aar river, the part of the Aar river that still flows from Aarberg to Büren after the river was corrected.

The neighbouring municipalities are Büetigen, Worben, Studen and Lyss.

Population

Busswil is a German speaking municipality where 90.64 % speak German and only 1.8% speak French.

Besides the political municipality where everybody living there is a member there exists a municipality of citizens where usually old families are member of. These families are called Bangerter, Eggli, Löffel, Stauffer and Stebler, they own 0.7 km² (23 %) of the ground. That makes them very important when new buildings are planned.

External links

* [http://www.busswil.ch/ Official website of the political municipality Busswil bei Büren]
*HDS|227|Busswil bei Büren|
* [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Statistics on Swiss Municipalities]