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Ballmoos

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Total population

61

Elevation567 m
Land area1.5 km²
Coordinates47.04°, 7.47°

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City facts

Elevation
567 m
Area
1.5 km²

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Overview

Ballmoos was a municipality in the district of Fraubrunnen, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010, the municipality of Ballmoos merged with the municipality of Jegenstorf.

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History & geography

History

Ballmoos is first mentioned in 1270 as Banemos. Several Bronze Age artifacts have been found in the area, but there is no evidence of a settlement. A family of Ministerialis, unfree knights who served the House of Kyburg, originated from Ballmoos. The major land owner was the Order of St. John in Münchenbuchsee. Following the secularization of the monasteries (1528), Ballmoos became part of the Landvogtei of Münchenbuchsee. Following the Act of Mediation in 1803, it became part of the District of Fraubrunnen.

Geography

Ballmoos has an area of . Of this area, 73.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers or glaciers). Ballmoos consists entirely of individual houses scattered throughout the borders of the municipality.

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Geography

Latitude
47.0406
Longitude
7.4727
Water area
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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.43
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,254

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
21
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Books about Ballmoos

Über die Vibrionen-Dysenterie des Schweines
Peter von Ballmoos · 1950

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
531
Wikidata
Q666181

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771