Albligen

Albligen
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Albligen
Coordinates: 46°51′N 7°19′E / 46.850°N 7.317°E / 46.850; 7.317Coordinates: 46°51′N 7°19′E / 46.850°N 7.317°E / 46.850; 7.317
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Bern-Mittelland
Government
• Mayor	Regula Reinhardt-Trachsel
Area
• Total	4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Elevation	699 m (2,293 ft)
Population
• Total	477
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Postal code	3183
SFOS number	0851
Surrounded by	Ueberstorf, Wahlern, Heitenried
Website	www.albligen.ch SFSO statistics

Albligen (former French name: Albenon) is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged into the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.

Albligen is first mentioned in 1346 as Alblingen.

Albligen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.29 km² (1.66 sq mi). Of this area, 2.41 km² (0.93 sq mi) or 56.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while1.49 km² (0.58 sq mi) or 34.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 0.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. 32.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.6% is used for growing crops and 27.7% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

Albligen lies in the midland of a small bank in the Höchi hills (818 m (2,684 ft) above sea level). On the eastern edge of the municipality flows the Sense River.

The neighboring municipalities are Ueberstorf, Wahlern, and Heitenried.

Albligen has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 477. As of 2007^[update], 3.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.5%), with French being second most common ( 1.4%) and Romanian being third ( 0.4%).