Forst-Längenbühl is a municipality

Municipalities of Switzerland

Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...

 in the administrative district of Thun

Thun (administrative district)

Thun District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. It is part of the Oberland administrative region. It contains 35 municipalities with an area of and a population of 103,233....

 in the canton

Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

 of Bern in Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It was formed on January 1, 2007 through the uniting of Längenbühl

Längenbühl

Längenbühl is a village in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The former municipality of the district of Thun merged with Forst on January 1, 2007 to form Forst-Längenbühl.There are three smaller lakes in Längenbühl: Dittligsee, Geistsee and a smaller pond....

 and Forst

Forst, Switzerland

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

.

Geography

Forst-Längenbühl has an area, , of 4.49 km² (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 3.06 km² (1.2 sq mi) or 68.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.94 km² (0.362936029076983 sq mi) or 20.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.38 km² (0.146718820265163 sq mi) or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km² (24.7 acre) or 2.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acre) or 0.9% is unproductive land.

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.

There are three smaller lakes in Längenbühl: Dittligsee

Dittligsee

Dittligsee is a lake in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, near Blumenstein and Wattenwil. Its surface area is 6.02 ha....

, Geistsee

Geistsee

Geistsee is a lake at Längenbühl in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.95 ha. The lake is private property and not accessible by the public....

 and a smaller pond.

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

Gürbetal

Gürbetal in Switzerland lies between the cities of Bern and Thun, west of the Aare river. It contains the municipality of Seftigen and those that surround it. The valley is named after the Gürbe river which flows through it. The largest town in the Gürbe valley is Belp...

. The most important buroughs are Dörfli, Allmid (Allmend), Chromen, Längmoos, and Riedhubel.

Demographics

Forst-Längenbühl has a population (as of ) of . , 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Most of the population 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

Swiss People's Party

The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...

 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

Green Party of Switzerland

The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...

 (9.2%) and the SPS

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....

 (9%).

The age distribution of the population 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

Fachhochschule

A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...

).

Forst-Längenbühl has an unemployment rate of 0.82%. , 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. The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population (Forst)	population (Längenbühl)
1764	102	124
1850	302	264
1900	297	243
1950	266	272
2000	309	346