Bern-Mittelland

Geschichte

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 84 municipalities with an area of 946.30km2 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 1000to range.Mergers and name changesOn 1 January 2011 the former municipalities of Albligen and Wahlern merged to form the new municipality of Schwarzenburg. The municipality of Belpberg merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Belp. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach merged into the municipality of Oberdiessbach. The former municipalities of Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Limpach, Mülchi, Schalunen and Zauggenried 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.