Geography
Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach has an area, as of 2009, of 3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi). Of this area, 1.98 km2 (0.76 sq mi) or 57.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) or 37.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.14 km2 (35 acres) or 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9%. 36.5% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 8.5% is used for growing crops and 47.4% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
It lies 7 km (4.3 mi) to the north of the town of Thun. It is located between the Rothachen canyon and the Äschlenalp mountain. It includes the hamlets of Kirch (located in the center), Ober-, Niederbleiken and Egglen as well as scattered individual farm houses.
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