Forst BE

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BE is the abbreviation for the canton of Bern in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Forstf .
Forst BE
Coat of arms of Forst BE
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton BernCanton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district : Tunaw
Residential municipality : Forst-Längenbühli2
Postal code : 3636
former BFS no. : 0926
Coordinates : 605 962  /  177 649 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '0 "  N , 7 ° 31' 0"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and five thousand nine hundred sixty-two  /  one hundred and seventy-seven thousand six hundred forty-nine
Height : 652  m above sea level M.
Area : 1.85  km²
Residents: 374 (December 31, 2005)
Population density : 202 inhabitants per km²
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Forst BE (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2007

Until December 31, 2006, Forst was a political municipality in the former administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Effective January 1, 2007, Forst merged with Längenbühl to form the new municipality of Forst-Längenbühl .

geography

The place is a scattered settlement in the moraine landscape of the upper Gürbe valley. The main districts are the Dörfli , Allmid (Allmend), chromene , Längmoos and Riedhubel . 79.7% of the former municipal area of ​​185 hectares was used for agriculture. 11.8% is covered by forest and wood and only 8.0% is settlement area.

population

At the beginning of 2005 the community had 357 inhabitants. Of these, 341 (= 95.52%) were Swiss citizens and 16 immigrants from abroad.

traffic

The village is connected to the public transport network by the STI bus line 51 Thun-Forst-Blumenstein .

Personalities

  • Ernst Hadorn (1902–1976), developmental biologist and geneticist

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