Forst is a village 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. ...

, Switzerland. The former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

of the district of

Thun Thun (french: Thoune) is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), southeast of Bern. the municipality has almost ...

merged with

Längenbühl Längenbühl is a village in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of the district of Thun (district), Thun merged with Forst, Switzerland, Forst on January 1, 2007 to form Forst-Längenbühl. Ther ...

on January 1, 2007 to form

Forst-Längenbühl Forst-Längenbühl is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Bern, Bern in Switzerland. It was formed on January 1, 200 ...

Geography

Forst is a settlement with scattered building in the moraine landscape of Upper

Gürbetal Gürbetal (Gürbe Valley) in Switzerland lies between the towns of Bern and Thun, west of the Aare. It contains the municipality of Seftigen and those that surround it. The valley is named after the river Gürbe, which flows through it. The larg ...

. The most important boroughs are Dörfli, Allmid (Allmend), Chromen, Längmoos, and Riedhubel. Of the entire municipal territory of 185 hectares, 79.7% is used for agriculture, 11.8% is forested, and a mere 8% is used for settlements.

Politics

The Municipal President of Forst is Hans Burkhalter.

Transportation

Forst is connected to the public transportation grid via Bus Line 51 Thun-Forst-Blumenstein of

Verkehrsbetriebe STI Verkehrsbetriebe STI (Steffisburg-Thun-Interlaken) is a bus operator in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is a private company based in the city of Thun, and operates bus services in that city, as well as routes linking Thun with the neighbouring town ...

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* Villages in the canton of Bern Former municipalities of the canton of Bern {{Bern-geo-stub