Country Switzerland Elevation 652 m (2,139 ft) Local time Wednesday 1:23 AM Postal code 3636 | Canton Bern SFOS number 926 Population 357 (2005) District Thun District | |
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Website www.forst.ch
SFSO statistics Weather 3°C, Wind SW at 2 km/h, 78% Humidity | ||
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.
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Map of 3638 Forst, Switzerland
Geography
Forst is a settlement with scattered building in the moraine landscape of Upper Gürbetal. The most important buroughs are Dörfli, Allmid (Allmend), Chromen, Längmoos, and Riedhubel. Of the entire municipal territory of 185 hectares, 79.7% is used for agriculture, 11.8% is forested, and a mere 8% is used for settlements.
Politics
The Municipal President of Forst is Hans Burkhalter.
Transportation
Forst is connected to the public transportation grid via Bus Line 51 Thun-Forst-Blumenstein of Verkehrsbetriebe STI.
References
Forst, Switzerland Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA