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| Population | 3,229 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 135 /km2 (350 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 23.86 km2 (9.21 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 437 m (1,434 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3232 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0496 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Hans Urech | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Bas-Vully (FR), Brüttelen, Cudrefin (VD), Erlach, Gampelen, Haut-Vully (FR), Lüscherz, Marin-Epagnier (NE), Müntschemier, Tschugg, Vinelz | |||||||||
| Website | www.ins-anet.ch SFSO statistics |
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Ins (French: Anet) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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Ins has an area, as of 2009[update], of 23.86 km2 (9.21 sq mi). Of this area, 15.93 km2 (6.15 sq mi) or 66.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.01 km2 (1.93 sq mi) or 21.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi) or 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 1.3% is unproductive land.[3]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. 20.0% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 59.7% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 1.2% is unproductive vegetation.[3]
Ins is located on the southern slope of the Schaltenrain (592 m (1,942 ft))[4] and stretches over part of the Grosses Moos, a particularly productive area with nearly black soil in the Bernese Seeland. On the south it is bordered by Lake Neuchatel and the Broye Canal. It includes the settlement of Witzwil im Moos and several scattered, individual farm houses.
Despite being a small municipality, Ins serves as a center for the neighbouring communities, which are even smaller in both population and area. Ins lies at the end of the Biel-Täuffelen-Ins (BTI) rail line, and is also served by the Ins-Erlach postbus.
Ins has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 3,229.[1] As of 2007[update], 12.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (91.1%), with French being second most common ( 3.6%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.8%), the Green Party (14.4%) and the FDP (13.5%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.8%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ins about 77.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Ins has an unemployment rate of 0.78%. As of 2005[update], there were 281 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 60 businesses involved in this sector. 190 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 25 businesses in this sector. 964 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 118 businesses in this sector.[5]
The historical population is given in the following table:[6]
| year | population |
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| 1700 | 740 |
| 1730 | 864 |
| 1764 | 723 |
| 1798 | 853 |
| 1818 | 1,041 |
| 1850 | 1,378 |
| 1900 | 1,537 |
| 1950 | 2,233 |
| 2000 | 2,947 |
The Swiss painter and illustrator Albert Anker lived in Ins until his death in 1910.
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