Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach

Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Bern-Mittelland administrative district
Coordinates
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

Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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History

Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach is first mentioned in 1337 as Bleikon. In 1473 it was mentioned simply as villages (Dörfer).[3]

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.[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.

Demographics

Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 384.[1] As of 2007, 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) 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) 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, 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
1764 197
1850 320
1900 338
1910 374
1950 307
1970 270
2000 378

References

  1. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 29 September
  2. ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  3. ^ a b Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
  5. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 02-Jul-2009

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