Bern-Mittelland District in the
Canton of Bern
The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...
was created on 1 January 2010.
It is part of the Bern-Mittelland administrative region, and is the only district in the region. It contains 75 municipalities with an area of and a population () of .
It is made up of the valley of the rivers
Aare and
Emme, some of the foothills of the
Bernese Alps, as well as the plain around the capital Bern, and has many small farms and hilly forested regions with small to mid-sized towns scattered throughout. It is perhaps best known by foreigners and visitors for the
Emmental. The classic Swiss cheese with holes
Emmentaler comes from this region's forests and pastures, of hilly and low mountainous countryside in the range.
Municipalities
Mergers and name changes
*On 1 January 2011 the former municipalities of Albligen and Wahlern merged to form the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.
[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
* The municipality of
Belpberg merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Belp.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011
* On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach merged into the municipality of
Oberdiessbach
Oberdiessbach is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the former municipality of Aeschlen and on 1 January 2014, Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach merged into the municipal ...
. The former municipalities of
Büren zum Hof
Büren zum Hof is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Limpach, Mülchi, Schalunen ...
,
Etzelkofen,
Grafenried,
Limpach,
Mülchi,
Schalunen
Schalunen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Schalunen, Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Limpach, Mülchi and Za ...
and
Zauggenried
Zauggenried is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Zauggenried, Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Limpach, Mülchi and ...
merged into the municipality of Fraubrunnen, the former municipality of
Münchringen and
Scheunen merged into the municipality of Jegenstorf.
[
* The municipality of Tägertschi merged on 1 January 2017 into the municipality of Münsingen.
* On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Gelterfingen, Mühledorf and Noflen merged into the municipality of Kirchdorf.
* The municipality of Schlosswil merged on 1 January 2018 into the municipality of Grosshöchstetten.
* On 1 January 2019 the former municipality of Golaten merged into the municipality of Kallnach.
* On 1 January 2020 the former municipalities of Kirchenthurnen, Lohnstorf and Mühlethurnen merged into the new municipality of Thurnen.
* On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Rümligen merged into Riggisberg.]
Demographics
Bern-Mittelland has a population () of . , the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population was made up of 156,642 Swiss men (40.3% of the population) and 31,135 (8.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 172,829 Swiss women (44.5%) and 2,794 (0.7%) non-Swiss women.[Statistical office of the Canton of Bern]
accessed 4 January 2012
Notes and references
External links
*
{{coord, 46, 57, N, 7, 29, E, source:kolossus-eowiki, display=title
Districts of the canton of Bern