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| Population | 730 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 162 /km2 (420 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 4.49 km2 (1.73 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 652 m (2,139 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3636 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0948 | |||||||||
| Localities | Längenbühl, Forst | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Blumenstein, Gurzelen, Thierachern, Uebeschi, Uetendorf, Wattenwil | |||||||||
| Website | http://www.forst-laengenbuehl.ch/ SFSO statistics |
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Forst-Längenbühl
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Map of Forst-Längenbühl
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Forst-Längenbühl is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was formed on January 1, 2007 through the uniting of Längenbühl and Forst.[3]
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Längenbühl is first mentioned in 1493 as Lengenbuel.[4]
Forst-Längenbühl has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.49 km2 (1.73 sq mi). Of this area, 3.06 km2 (1.18 sq mi) or 68.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi) or 20.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km2 (25 acres) or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.9% is unproductive land.[5]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. 19.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 31.4% is used for growing crops and 33.0% is pastures, while 3.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.[5]
There are three smaller lakes in Längenbühl: Dittligsee, Geistsee and a smaller pond.
Forst is a settlement with scattered building in the moraine landscape of Upper Gürbetal. The most important buroughs are Dörfli, Allmid (Allmend), Chromen, Längmoos, and Riedhubel.
Forst-Längenbühl has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 730.[1] As of 2007[update], 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (98.0%), with French being second most common ( 0.9%) and Albanian being third ( 0.6%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the local small left-wing parties (11.5%), the Green Party (9.2%) and the SPS (9%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Forst-Längenbühl about 77.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Forst-Längenbühl has an unemployment rate of 0.82%. As of 2005[update], there were 111 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 32 businesses involved in this sector. 30 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 40 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.[7] The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population (Forst)[8] | population (Längenbühl)[4] |
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| 1764 | 102 | 124 |
| 1850 | 302 | 264 |
| 1900 | 297 | 243 |
| 1950 | 266 | 272 |
| 2000 | 309 | 346 |