Hellsau

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Hellsau

Total population

201

Elevation478 m

Land area1.48 km²

Coordinates47.15°, 7.65°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Hellsau is a municipality in the district of Burgdorf, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Jakob Steiner

Swiss mathematician (1796-1863)

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Adrian Käser

A

Andreas Schwaller

Swiss male curler and coach

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Christof Schwaller

Swiss curler

F

Franz Nock

Johann Friedrich Schär

Swiss economist (1846-1924)

Walter Schädelin

Swiss university teacher (1873-1953)

Walter Weber

Swiss politician (1917-2008)

Marcel Kunz

Swiss football player (1943-2017)

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Reto Wyss

Swiss rower

Wilhelm Tafel

(1868-1931)

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Jakob Leuenberger

Swiss politician (1823-1871)

R

Robin Huser

Swiss association football player

W

Werner Strub

Swiss teacher, chronicler and historian (1888-1950)

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Olga Kaiser

(1897-1947)

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Otto Dübi

Swiss art collector (1885-1966)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bern

• Höchstetten
  0.8 mi away · pop. 270
• Willadingen
  1.6 mi away · pop. 203
• Hermiswil
  2.4 mi away · pop. 96
• Koppigen
  2.4 mi away · pop. 2,265
• Niederösch
  2.6 mi away · pop. 235
• Rumendingen
  2.8 mi away · pop. 90
• Wynigen
  2.8 mi away · pop. 2,037
• Oberönz
  3.2 mi away · pop. 941
• Oberösch
  3.2 mi away · pop. 104
• Niederönz
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,548
• Bettenhausen
  3.5 mi away · pop. 475
• Zielebach
  3.5 mi away · pop. 335

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-20

Narrow-leaved Ragwort

Senecio inaequidens

Seen 2026-09-20

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-20

tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Seen 2026-09-20

Purple Toadflax

Linaria purpurea

Seen 2026-09-20

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-09-20

Solitary Amanita

Amanita echinocephala

Seen 2026-09-20

common yew

Taxus baccata

Seen 2026-09-20

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

Official Identifiers