Kirchberg BE

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Kirchberg BE

Total population

5,889

Coordinates47.09°, 7.58°

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

Overview

Kirchberg is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Wolfgang Abraham

German footballer (1942-2013)

D

Dewet Buri

Swiss politician (1901-1995)

Gustav Huguenin

Swiss physician (1840-1920)

Edy Hubacher

bobsledder

B

Bernhard König

Swiss politician and physician (1914-2011)

Bänz Oester

Swiss bassist

C

Christoph Stalder

Swiss politician (1944-2012)

F

Fritz Buri

Swiss theologian (1907-1995)

F

Fritz Kobel

botanist (1896–1981)

G

Gottfried Kunz

Swiss politician (1859-1930)

H

Hans Wyss

Swiss veterinarian, director of the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office

Helmut Hubacher

Swiss politician (1926-2020)

Peter Jenni

Swiss physicist

Philipp Wetzel

Swiss ice hockey player

U

Urs Aebersold

Swiss screenwriter

L

Louise Grütter

(1879-1959)

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

Nearby places in Bern

• Alchenflüh
  0.2 mi away
• Rüdtligen
  0.6 mi away
• Zauggenried
  2.1 mi away · pop. 301
• Oberösch
  2.1 mi away · pop. 104
• Rüti b. Lyssach
  2.1 mi away · pop. 172
• Mötschwil
  2.5 mi away · pop. 137
• Schalunen
  3.1 mi away
• Grafenried
  3.4 mi away · pop. 899
• Hindelbank
  3.6 mi away · pop. 2,000
• Oberburg
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,937
• Hettiswil
  3.9 mi away
• Limpach
  4.4 mi away · pop. 316

Browse all places in Bern →

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

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-20

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-20

fluted bird's nest fungus

Cyathus striatus

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

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