Herzogenbuchsee

Herzogenbuchsee
Herzogenbuchsee town center
Location of Herzogenbuchsee
Herzogenbuchsee
Herzogenbuchsee
Coordinates: 47°11′N 7°42′E / 47.183°N 7.700°E / 47.183; 7.700
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictOberaargau
Area
  Total
9.85 km2 (3.80 sq mi)
Elevation
458 m (1,503 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
  Total
7,197
  Density730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3360
SFOS number0979
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
Surrounded byBettenhausen, Graben, Heimenhausen, Niederönz, Oberönz, Thörigen, Thunstetten, Wanzwil
Twin townsSenica (Slovakia)
Websitewww.herzogenbuchsee.ch
SFSO statistics

Herzogenbuchsee is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The population is 7055 (2011), counting the villages in the Oberaargau. The traditional name was Buchsi.