Kallnach

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Kallnach
municipality_name = Kallnach
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Aarberg
lat_d=47|lat_m=1|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=14|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3283
municipality_code = 0304
area = 10.66
elevation = 445|elevation_description=
population = 1522|populationof = January 2005 | popofyear = 2005
website = www.kallnach.ch
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neighboring_municipalities= Bargen, Finsterhennen, Fräschels (FR), Kerzers (FR), Niederried bei Kallnach, Siselen, Treiten
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Kallnach ( _fr. Chouchignies) is a municipality in the district of Aarberg in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Kallnach is considered the longest "Straßendorf" (a village that lies almost entirely along a single road) in Switzerland. It stretches along the foot of a morraine of the Rhône Glacier at the edge of the Grosses Moos. It lies on the road from Lyss through Aarberg to Kerzers. It has a train station on the Broyetallinie (which connects Aarberg and Kerzers).

The remains of a Roman road which connected the settlements of Aventicum and Petinesca have been found in "the Aspi". Excavations in 1989 revealed remains which have been variously interpreted as a restaurant, a customs office, or a horse-changing station. In the seventh century, Romans still lived in the area of today's Kallnach, as evidenced by their remains and graves.

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