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Langenthal
Coat of arms of Langenthal
Coat of arms
Country Switzerland
Canton Berne
District Oberaargau
Area
 • Total 21.13 km2 (8.16 sq mi)
Elevation
481 m (1,578 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2020 )
 • Total 15,544
 • Density 735.64/km2 (1,905.3/sq mi)
Postal code
4900-4902
Surrounded by Aarwangen, Bleienbach, Lotzwil, Obersteckholz, Roggwil, Thunstetten, Untersteckholz
Twin towns Brig (Switzerland), Neviano (Italy)

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

On 1 January 2010 the former municipality of Untersteckholz merged into the municipality of Langenthal.

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

Gallery

  • Langenthal 039

    Langenthal

  • Langenthal-Langete

    Langete

Images for kids

  • Poster Langenthal-Huttwil-Wollhusen

    Poster from 1936 advertising the Langenthal-Huttwil-Wollhusen railway

  • Langete en Langenthal 049

    The Langete

  • Langenthal stacidomo 041

    Train station and high-rise in Langenthal

  • Fasnachtseröffnung Langenthal

    Fasnacht celebration in Langenthal

  • Friedrich August Flueckiger

    Friedrich August Flueckiger, 1893

  • Heinzholliger

    Heinz Holliger

  • Langenthal-Kaufhaus

    Kaufhaus

  • Langenthal-Muehle

    Old Mill

See also

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