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 77 municipalities with an area of 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 range.

Municipalities


Mergers and name changes

Bern-Mittelland has a population of., the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population was made up of 156,642 Swiss men and 31,135 non-Swiss men. There were 172,829 Swiss women and 2,794 non-Swiss women.