page_title: Eggiwil
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Eggiwil / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dieboldswilbrücke über die Emme This is an image of a cultural property of regional significance in Switzerland with KGS number 881
context_page_description: Eggiwil is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Eggiwil has an area of 60.3 km² (23.28 sq mi).  As of 2012, a total of 32.35 km² (12.49 sq mi) or 53.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.79 km² (9.57 sq mi) or 41.1% is forested.   The rest of the municipality is 2.11 km² (0.81 sq mi) or 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.69 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.31 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 0.5% is unproductive land.
  During the same year, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%.  A total of 38.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 4.2% is used for growing crops and  35.8% is pasturage and 13.0% is used for alpine pastures.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
  The municipality has a number of settlements scattered throughout its borders.  The village Eggiwil is located near the Emme River.  The village of Heidbühl is near the confluence of the Emme and Röthenbach rivers.  Most of the smaller hamlets (Äschau, Neuenschwand, Horben and Dieboldswil) are located on a terrace, known as Eggen, above the rivers.
  On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Signau, the municipality's former district, was dissolved.  On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Emmental.
caption: Dieboldswil wooden bridge over the Emme river
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