page_title: Schalunen
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Schalunen / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Schalunen, canton of Bern, Switzerland Esperanto: Schalunen, Kantono Berno, Svislando Deutsch: Schalunen, Kanton Bern, Schweiz
context_page_description: Schalunen 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 Schalunen, Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Limpach, Mülchi and Zauggenried merged into the municipality of Fraubrunnen.
context_section_description: SBefore the merger, Schalunen had a total area of 1.4 km² (0.54 sq mi). Of this area, 0.82 km² (0.32 sq mi) or 59.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.43 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 30.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.15 km² (37 acres) or 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 43.9% is used for growing crops and 12.2% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops.
  The former municipality is located on the slopes above the Urtenen river.
  On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Fraubrunnen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.
caption: Aerial view of Schalunen village
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