Wahlern
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Location of Wahlern | |
Wahlern Wahlern | |
| Coordinates: 46°49′N 7°21′E / 46.817°N 7.350°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Bern-Mittelland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rudolf Krebs |
| Area | |
• Total | 40.6 km2 (15.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 792 m (2,598 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2010) | |
• Total | 6,197 |
| • Density | 153/km2 (395/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 3150 Schwarzenburg 3148 Lanzenhäusern |
| SFOS number | 854 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Localities | Schwarzenburg, Lanzenhäusern, Steinenbrünnen |
| Surrounded by | Köniz, Oberbalm, Rüeggisberg, Rüschegg, Guggisberg, Alterswil, St. Antoni, Heitenried, Albligen and Ueberstorf |
| Website | www.wahlern.ch |
Wahlern is a former municipality of the canton of Bern in Switzerland and seat of the Bern-Mittelland administrative district. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged in the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.