Bühl bei Aarberg

Bühl bei Aarberg
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Seeland
Coordinates
Population 419 (Dec 2010)[1]
- Density 140 /km2 (362 /sq mi)
Area  2.98 km2 (1.15 sq mi)[2]
Elevation 514 m (1,686 ft)
Postal code 3274
SFOS number 0734
Surrounded by Hermrigen, Kappelen, Walperswil, Epsach
Website bei Aarberg.ch Bühl bei Aarberg.ch
SFSO statistics
Bühl bei Aarberg

Bühl bei Aarberg (or simply Bühl) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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History

Bühl is first mentioned in 1261 as Bule.[3]

Geography

Bühl bei Aarberg has an area, as of 2009, of 2.98 km2 (1.15 sq mi). Of this area, 2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi) or 88.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.1 km2 (25 acres) or 3.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.21 km2 (0.081 sq mi) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.7% is unproductive land.[4]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. 1.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 76.2% is used for growing crops and 11.1% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.[4]

It is located on a hill on the edge of the Berner Seeland. Its neighboring municipalities in a clockwise direction from the north are Hermrigen, Kappelen, Walperswil and Epsach.

Demographics

Bühl has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 419.[1] As of 2007, 2.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.1%), with French being second most common (2.6%) and Portuguese being third (0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (13.9%), the FDP (13.5%) and the Green Party (10.6%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bühl about 77.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Bühl has an unemployment rate of 0.6%. As of 2005, there were 49 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 26 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year population
1764 122
1850 256
1900 285
1920 241
1950 294
2000 389

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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 Bühl 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 09-Jul-2009