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211:District
64:Emmental
1659:Seeland
1603:Seeland
1576:Regions
1520:Italian
1410:6 March
1312:In the
1294:History
1273:Mergers
1265:331.04
1262:82,472
1041:Seeberg
921:Roggwil
741:Lotzwil
725:15,544
681:Huttwil
581:Farnern
561:Eriswil
461:Bannwil
264:Capital
226:Country
122:Lucerne
76:of the
22:47°11′N
1514:French
1508:German
1250:11.69
1247:1,103
1227:1,624
1207:2,382
1187:2,377
1085:3,458
1065:1,156
1045:1,559
945:1,520
925:4,176
845:1,753
825:1,691
808:19.77
805:5,097
788:10.27
785:1,488
768:23.17
765:3,284
745:2,663
728:21.13
701:Inkwil
688:17.24
685:5,009
665:7,293
645:1,136
621:Graben
568:11.34
565:1,358
481:Berken
441:Auswil
425:1,532
405:4,638
368:Border
295:82,472
255:
245:Canton
235:
155:, and
153:Wangen
137:ZĂĽrich
120:, and
118:Aargau
106:Wangen
86:Wangen
71:region
25:7°45′E
1404:(PDF)
1397:(PDF)
1360:Notes
1304:Latin
1258:Total
1230:5.07
1223:Wynau
1190:5.22
1168:7.87
1088:9.66
1068:4.55
1048:16.8
1028:3.79
1008:3.98
988:5.14
968:6.46
948:4.08
928:7.84
908:2.01
888:3.92
848:8.45
828:2.79
748:6.22
708:3.38
668:9.82
648:5.84
628:3.16
588:3.68
548:2.86
528:5.69
508:3.94
488:1.39
468:4.78
448:4.62
428:7.65
335:UTC+2
314:UTC+1
184:Wynau
1664:Thun
1517:and
1505:in
1481:2021
1455:2021
1412:2010
1337:Murg
1302:(in
1210:7.5
1165:540
1148:9.9
1145:604
1128:9.9
1125:227
1108:9.9
1105:881
1025:533
1005:564
985:491
965:390
905:173
885:220
868:9.9
865:563
705:628
625:336
608:9.4
605:711
585:227
545:177
525:734
505:642
465:676
445:448
408:9.9
373:Name
339:CEST
274:Area
258:Bern
167:and
135:and
133:Bern
104:and
88:and
56:Bern
46:The
1343:of
1320:).
485:44
328:DST
318:CET
84:of
1699::
1511:,
1471:.
1445:.
1434:^
1420:^
349:43
171:.
151:,
116:,
92:.
66:.
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1549:t
1542:v
1529:.
1483:.
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