Scheunen

Scheunen
Former municipality of Switzerland
Aerial view of Scheunen village
Coat of arms
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Location of Scheunen
Coordinates: 47°4′N 7°27′E / 47.067°N 7.450°E / 47.067; 7.450Coordinates: 47°4′N 7°27′E / 47.067°N 7.450°E / 47.067; 7.450
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Bern-Mittelland
Area
• Total	2.2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation	575 m (1,886 ft)
Population (Dec 2011)
• Total	82
• Density	37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Postal code	3305
SFOS number	0550
Surrounded by	Bangerten, Brunnenthal (SO), Etzelkofen, Iffwil, Messen (SO), Rapperswil
Website	SFSO statistics

Scheunen (German: "barn") is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Scheunen and Münchringen merged into the municipality of Jegenstorf.

Scheunen is first mentioned in 1226 as Schunon.

The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are Hallstatt era grave mounds at Steinholz and Junkholz. During the Early Middle Ages the grave mounds were used as a cemetery again. The settlements that today make up Scheunen were originally the two independent villages of Oberscheunen and Jegenstorf-Scheunen. They were part of the parishes of Jegenstorf and Messen-Scheunen. After 1530 they both joined the new Reformed parish of Messen in the Canton of Solothurn. They two villages formed a school district in 1795. However, they both remained politically independent until they were merged by decree in 1911. Starting in 2007, the municipal clerk in Iffwil assumed responsibility for Scheunen.

They were both originally part of the Kyburg low court of Jegenstorf. After the extinction of the Kyburg family in 1406, Bern acquired the villages and placed them under the court at Zollikofen. After the 1803 Act of Mediation they became part of the district of Fraubrunnen.

Before the merger, Scheunen had a total area of 2.2 km² (0.85 sq mi). Of this area, 1 km² (0.39 sq mi) or 45.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.12 km² (0.43 sq mi) or 51.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads).