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Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Bern |
District | Bern-Mittelland administrative district |
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Population | 384 (Dec 2010)[1] |
- Density | 107 /km2 (276 /sq mi) |
Area | 3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)[2] |
Elevation | 874 m (2,867 ft) |
Postal code | 3674 |
SFOS number | 0604 |
Surrounded by | Aeschlen, Brenzikofen, Buchholterberg, Fahrni, Herbligen, Oberdiessbach |
Website | bei Oberdiessbach.ch Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach.ch SFSO statistics |
Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach
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Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach is first mentioned in 1337 as Bleikon. In 1473 it was mentioned simply as villages (Dörfer).[3]
Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach has an area, as of 2009[update], 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.[4]
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.[4]
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.
Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 384.[1] As of 2007[update], 0.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (97.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.4%) and French being third ( 0.3%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 60.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the local small left-wing parties (17.9%), the SPS (6.3%) and the FDP (5.1%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 32.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.3%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach about 73.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach has an unemployment rate of 0.17%. As of 2005[update], there were 38 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 22 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
year | population |
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1764 | 197 |
1850 | 320 |
1900 | 338 |
1910 | 374 |
1950 | 307 |
1970 | 270 |
2000 | 378 |