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Häutligen
Häutligen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Häutligen is first mentioned in 1240 as ''Hutlingen''. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are La Tene era gold coins and a grave which were discovered in the village. During the Middle Ages, portions of the village were owned by a wide variety of local nobles and religious institutions. Around the 16th century, the city of Bern acquired the village. A village school, which was shared with Tägertschi, was built in 1833. The old school house was replaced with a new building in 1961. Until 1911 it was part of the parish of Münsingen. After that date it joined the parish of Stalden-Konolfingen. Geography Häutligen has an area of . Of this area, or 68.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads).
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Bern-Mittelland (administrative District)
Bern-Mittelland District in the canton of Bern 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 74 municipalities with an area of and a population () of . It is made up of the valley of the rivers Aare and Emme (river), 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.
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