What is Rapperswil, Bern?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Rapperswil | municipality_name = Rapperswil | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Rapperswil BE official COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Rapperswil BE.png | languages = German | canton = Bern | iso-code-region = CH-BE | district = [[Seeland (administrative district)|Seeland]] |coordinates={{coord|47|4|N|7|25|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 3251, 3255, 3256 | municipality_code = 0310 | area = 18.2 | elevation = 521|elevation_description= | population = 2420 | populationof = Dec 2014 | popofyear = 2014 | website = www.rapperswil-be.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Bangerten]], [[Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee]], [[Grossaffoltern]], [[Messen]] (SO), [[Münchenbuchsee]], [[Ruppoldsried]], [[Scheunen]], [[Schüpfen]], [[Wengi]], [[Zuzwil, Bern|Zuzwil]] | twintowns = }} '''Rapperswil''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Seeland (administrative district)|Seeland]] [[administrative district]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Bern (canton)|Bern]] in [[Switzerland]]. It is {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=off}} north of the capital [[Bern]]. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of [[Ruppoldsried]] merged into Rapperswil.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 14 January 2013</ref> On 1 January 2016, the former municipality of [[Bangerten]] merged into Rapperswil.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web