Mötschwil

Mötschwil
Coat of arms
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Location of Mötschwil
Coordinates: 47°3′N 7°34′E / 47.050°N 7.567°E / 47.050; 7.567Coordinates: 47°3′N 7°34′E / 47.050°N 7.567°E / 47.050; 7.567
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Emmental
Area
• Total	2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	137
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Postal code	3324
SFOS number	0416
Surrounded by	Burgdorf, Hindelbank, Krauchthal, Lyssach, Oberburg, Rüti bei Lyssach
Website	website missing SFSO statistics

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

Mötschwil was first mentioned in 1328 as Mötschwile. Until 1910 it was known as Mötschwil-Schleumen.

The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a La Tène cemetery. Politically and judicially, the village of Mötschwil, Schleumen and Grüt were part of the village of Alchenflüh. However, they were part of the parish of Hindelbank and part of the military district of Zollikofen. In 1331 Fraubrunnen Abbey became one of the large land owners in the villages.

Starting in 1804, Mötschwil Lyssach and Rohrmoos (part of the Oberburg municipality) formed a school district. They built a school in the settlement of Kreuzweg in 1806. Despite being located close to the railroad stations of Hindelbank and Lyssach the municipality remained largely rural and agricultural.

Mötschwil has an area of 2.95 km² (1.14 sq mi). Of this area, 1.87 km² (0.72 sq mi) or 63.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.89 km² (0.34 sq mi) or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.16 km² (0.062 sq mi) or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 53.2% is used for growing crops and 8.8% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.

It consists of the villages of Mötschwil and Schleumen and the hamlets of Kreuzweg.

On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Burgdorf, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Emmental.