Kirchdorf BE

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Kirchdorf BE

Total population

1,853

Coordinates46.82°, 7.55°

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

Overview

Kirchdorf is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Gelterfingen, Mühledorf and Noflen merged into the municipality of Kirchdorf.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Werner Munter

Swiss mountain climber

Hans Stöckli

Swiss politician

Alfred de Quervain

Swiss meteorologist, geophysicist and explorer (1879-1927)

Andreas Brönnimann

Swiss politician

P

Peter Guggisberg

Swiss ice hockey player

K

Kaspar Zehnder

Swiss conductor

R

Richard Feller

Swiss regional historian (1877-1958)

K

Kurt Guggisberg

Swiss church historian and theologian (1907-1972)

E

Ernst Deubelbeiss

Swiss criminal (1921-2005)

Ernst Hadorn

Swiss geneticist and zoologist (1902-1976)

E

Ernst Pauli

Swiss non-fiction writer (1886-1960)

M

Mirco Gerson

Swiss beach volleyball player

G

Gottfried Künzi

(1864-1930)

M

Margrit Staub-Hadorn

Swiss television presenter, journalist, author and radio host (1941-2007)

Joana Hählen

Swiss alpine skier

K

Karl Erb

Swiss author (1926-2018)

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

Nearby places in Bern

• Mühledorf BE
  0.8 mi away · pop. 264
• Noflen BE
  1 mi away · pop. 299
• Jaberg
  1 mi away · pop. 252
• Kiesen
  1.7 mi away · pop. 742
• Mühlethurnen
  1.9 mi away · pop. 1,378
• Gelterfingen
  2.1 mi away · pop. 286
• Oppligen
  2.2 mi away · pop. 665
• Kirchenthurnen
  2.2 mi away · pop. 273
• Rümligen
  2.6 mi away · pop. 440
• Gurzelen
  2.9 mi away · pop. 829
• Brenzikofen
  3.2 mi away · pop. 519
• Belpberg
  3.5 mi away · pop. 373

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

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-10-15

Violet Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa violacea

Seen 2026-10-14

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-10-14

Walnut Orbweaver

Nuctenea umbratica

Seen 2026-10-13

German Yellowjacket

Vespula germanica

Seen 2026-10-13

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-10-12

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-10-12

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-10-11

Speckled Bush-cricket

Leptophyes punctatissima

Seen 2026-10-11

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