Geography
Allmendingen has an area of 3.8 km² (1.47 sq mi) . Of this area, 2.47 km2 (0.95 sq mi) or 65.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 21.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km2 (15 acres) or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07 km2 (17 acres) or 1.8% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 47.4% is used for growing crops and 14.7% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
It consists of the village of Allmendingen and the hamlet of Märchligen.
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.
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