Geography
Wohlen bei Bern has an area of 36.29 km2 (14.01 sq mi). Of this area, 19.81 km2 (7.65 sq mi) or 54.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.84 km2 (4.57 sq mi) or 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi) or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.47 km2 (0.57 sq mi) or 4.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.7% is used for growing crops and 11.2% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 3.8% is in lakes and 0.2% is in rivers and streams.
The municipality is a suburb of Bern. It stretches over the Frienisberg to a series of small terraces on the right bank of Lake Wohlen. It consists of around two dozen villages and hamlets of including; Hinterkappelen, Uettligen, Wohlen, Möriswil, Säriswil, Illiswil, Murzelen and Innerberg.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Bern, 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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