Schalunen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[2] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a massive La Tène golden bracelet which was discovered north of the village in 1864.

After the Abbey was secularized during the Protestant Reformation, Schalunen village became part of the Bernese bailiwick of Fraubrunnen.

In 1916 the Bern-Solothurn-Bahn (now Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn) built a railway station in the village.

Both the railroad and the motorway provided easy access to the nearby cities of Bern and Solothurn and allowed commuters to settle in Schalunen.

In the 1970s the Unterfeld and Holzrüti neighborhoods were built to house the growing population.

[2] SBefore the merger, Schalunen had a total area of 1.4 km2 (0.54 sq mi).

[1] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Bend sinister dancety compony Argent between two Trefoils Or.

In the federal election, a total of 133 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.0%.

[3] There were 198 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 10 or 66.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 3 or 20.0% were in education.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 47 or 13.4% were Roman Catholic, while 255 or 72.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.