Arni, Bern
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| Coordinates: 46°56′N 7°40′E / 46.933°N 7.667°ECoordinates: 46°56′N 7°40′E / 46.933°N 7.667°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Bern-Mittelland administrative district | |
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| • Total | 10.44 km2 (4.03 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 849 m (2,785 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 922 | |
| • Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3508 | |
| SFOS number | 0602 | |
| Surrounded by | Biglen, Grosshöchstetten, Landiswil, Lauperswil, Oberthal, Walkringen | |
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Arni is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Arni is first mentioned in 1185 as Arne. The village was probably acquired by Bern in 1399 and placed in the Signau Herrschaft. The Herrschaft was abolished in 1529 and the village became a Bernese bailiwick. Following the 1798 French invasion, Arni became part of the Helvetic Republic district of Höchstetten. When the Helvetic Republic collapsed in 1803, with the Act of Mediation Arni was assigned to the Konolfingen district. Today the village is still mostly agricultural, with nearly half of all jobs in farming.
Arni has an area of 10.44 km2 (4.03 sq mi). Of this area, 7.15 km2 (2.76 sq mi) or 68.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi) or 25.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi) or 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.9% is used for growing crops and 31.3% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality includes the village of Arni, the industrial center of Arnisäge and the hamlets of Lütiwil and Roth.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Konolfingen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per Fess Argent a Fleur de Lis Or and of the second a Crescent of the first.
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