Münsingen
Münsingen | |
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Münsingen rectory building | |
Location of Münsingen | |
| Coordinates: 46°52′N 7°34′E / 46.867°N 7.567°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Bern-Mittelland |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident |
| • Parliament | Gemeindeparlament with 30 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.75 km2 (6.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 541 m (1,775 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 12,724 |
| • Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3110 |
| SFOS number | 0616 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Belp, Gerzensee, Konolfingen, Rubigen, Tägertschi, Trimstein, Wichtrach |
| Twin towns | Humpolec (Czech Republic) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Münsingen (German pronunciation: [ˈmʏnzɪŋən] ⓘ; Highest Alemannic: Münsige) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Trimstein merged into Münsingen, and on 1 January 2017 the former municipality of Tägertschi also merged.
The village lies on the River Aare between the cities of Bern and Thun.