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| Population | 69 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 8 /km2 (21 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 8.41 km2 (3.25 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 752 m (2,467 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 2747 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0709 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Corcelles, Vermes (JU), Aedermannsdorf (SO), Herbetswil (SO), Welschenrohr (SO), Gänsbrunnen(SO) | |||||||||
| Website | Seehof.ch SFSO statistics |
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Seehof (Elay in French) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the only municipality with German as its official language in the otherwise French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).
Seehof has an area of 8.4 km2 (3.2 sq mi). Of this area, 32.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 63.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[3]
Seehof has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 69.[1] As of 2007[update], 2.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -7.7%. Unlike the rest of the district, most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (91.1%), with only 8.9% speaking French.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the local small left-wing parties (32.8%), the CSP (7%) and the Green Party (4.3%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 39.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 49.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.4%. In Seehof about 58.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Seehof has an unemployment rate of 0%. As of 2005[update], there were 34 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. No one is employed in the secondary sector or tertiary sectors of the economy.[3]