Editing Langenthal (section)

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{{Infobox Swiss town
 | subject_name		= Langenthal
 | municipality_type	= municipality
 | image_photo          = Langenthal 039.jpg
 | image_caption        = Building in the old town of Langenthal
 | imagepath_coa	= CHE Langenthal COA.svg
 | imagepath_flag	= CHE Langenthal Flag.svg
 | canton		= Bern
 | iso-code-region 	= CH-BE
 | district		= [[Oberaargau (administrative district)|Oberaargau]]
 |coordinates  = {{coord|47|13|N|7|47|E|display=inline,title}}
 | postal_code		= 4900-4902
 | municipality_code	= 0329
 | area			= 17.2
 | elevation		= 481|elevation_description= 
 | population		= {{Swiss populations NC|CH-BE|0329}} | populationof={{Swiss populations YM|CH-BE}}
 | website		= www.langenthal.ch
 | mayor		= Thomas Rufener|mayor_asof=March 2014|mayor_party=SVP
 | mayor_title	= Stadtpräsident|list_of_mayors	= List of mayors of Langenthal
 | parliament_name = Stadtrat | parliament_number_of_members = 40
 | executive_name = Gemeinderat | executive_number_of_members = 7
 | places		= 
 | demonym		= 
 | neighboring_municipalities= [[Aarwangen]], [[Bleienbach]], [[Lotzwil]], [[Obersteckholz]], [[Roggwil, Bern|Roggwil]], [[Thunstetten]], [[Untersteckholz]]
 | twintowns		= [[Brig-Glis]] (Switzerland), [[Neviano]] (Italy)
|}}

'''Langenthal''' is a town and a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Oberaargau (administrative district)|Oberaargau]] in the [[canton of Bern]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of [[Untersteckholz]] merged into the Langenthal.<ref name=fusion>{{Cite report|title=Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |publisher=Federal Statistical Office |year=2009 |access-date=6 March 2010 |docket=2773 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021059/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2010 }}</ref> On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of [[Obersteckholz]] merged into Langenthal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.agvchapp.bfs.admin.ch/de/home |title=Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden |year=2021 | work=bfs.admin.ch | publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |access-date= 26 January 2021}}</ref>

Langenthal is an educational, cultural, and economic center for the region of [[Oberaargau]].