What is the population of Evilard, Bern?

Evilard has a population of approximately 2,465 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Evilard, Bern located?

Evilard is located in Bern, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 47.1495°, 7.2396°.

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Evilard

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Total population

2,465

Elevation697 m

Land area3.7 km²

Coordinates47.15°, 7.24°

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City facts

Elevation

697 m

Area

3.7 km²

Official website

www.evilard.ch/de

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Overview

Evilard/Leubringen is a bilingual municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The French name of the municipality is Evilard and the German name is Leubringen.

History & geography

History

The first appearance of the municipality in written documents was in 1300, under the name of Lomeringen. French speakers are recorded later as using the names Evillard or es Villard ("in the town"). A number of monasteries and the Bishopric of Basel held land in this area during the Middle Ages. However, judicially and militarily the town was subordinate to the city of Biel. From 1798 to 1815, Evilard belonged to France and was part of the Canton de Bienne in the département of Mont-Terrible, which was joined with Haut-Rhin in 1800. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the town was returned to Switzerland and placed in the Canton of Bern. At first, Evilard was attached to the Oberamt Nidau; in 1832 it was placed in the Biel/Bienne district. At times, there has been debate over merging the administration with the city of Biel/Bienne; this was however rejected by the residents in 1902. Evilard is not an ecclesiastical parish. Until 1821 it was part of the church parish of Orvin, and since is combined with Biel/Bienne.

Geography

Evilard lies above sea level, and north of the district capital city, Biel/Bienne, as the crow flies. The town spans a southeast-facing clearing of the front of the Jura mountains, about over the city of Biel. In clear weather, the view from Evilard of the Swiss plateau and the Alps from Mont Blanc to the region of Glärnisch and Alpstein is quite impressive. The municipality reaches to the height of the anticline of Montagen de Macolin. It includes the town of Evilard, which is surrounded by Malvaux (German: Malewagwald, up to altitude). To the southwest, the municipality reaches in a narrow strip over the Magglingen to the peak of the Magglingerberg, up to the municipal high point of . It consists of the villages of Evilard and Macolin and the Pré de Macolin area. Macolin (German: Magglingen), lies at on the southeast slope of Magglingerberg. The neighboring municipalities are Biel/Bienne, Orvin, Lamboing, and Twann-Tüscherz. Evilard has an area of . Of this area, or 29.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 29.1% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 19.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 38.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.5% is used for growing crops and 23.1% is pastures.

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Geography

Latitude

47.1495

Longitude

7.2396

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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Notable people from here

Moritz Leuenberger

former member of the Swiss Federal Council

René Felber

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1933-2020)

Franz Gertsch

Swiss artist (1930–2022)

Jean-Louis Jeanmaire

Swiss officer (1910-1992)

Raymond Bruckert

Swiss writer (1935–2017)

Gisèle Ory

Swiss politician

Maurice Edmond Müller

Swiss surgeon (1918–2009)

Swiss university professor (1889-1944)

Hans Berger

Swiss painter (1882-1977)

Swiss ice hockey player

Ernst Thomke

Swiss businessman

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

3.43

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,254

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Attention level

Obscure

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Recently spotted species

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Seen 2026-10-16

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Bistorta amplexicaulis

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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr: 372
Population (Wikidata): 2,674
Wikidata: Q70093

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

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• BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771