Farnern

Farnern
Country Switzerland Canton Bern District Oberaargau 47°16′N 7°37′E / 47.267°N 7.617°E / 47.267; 7.617Coordinates: 47°16′N 7°37′E / 47.267°N 7.617°E / 47.267; 7.617
Population	207 (Dec 2012)[1]
- Density	56 /km2 (145 /sq mi)
Area	3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)[2]
Elevation	800 m (2,625 ft)
Postal code	4539
SFOS number	0975
Surrounded by	Aedermannsdorf (SO), Attiswil, Günsberg (SO), Herbetswil (SO), Rumisberg
Website	www.farnern.ch SFSO statistics
Farnern
Location of Farnern

Farnern is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History

Farnern is first mentioned in 1329 as Varnerron.^[3]

Geography

Farnern has an area, as of 2009, of 3.69 km² (1.42 sq mi). Of this area, 2.39 km² (0.92 sq mi) or 64.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.1 km² (0.42 sq mi) or 29.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.16 km² (0.062 sq mi) or 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads).^[4]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. 26.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.2% is used for growing crops and 25.5% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 27.9% is used for alpine pastures.^[4]

The municipality is located on a terrace on the southern slope of the Jura Mountains and includes the village of Farnern and scattered farm houses.

Demographics

Farnern has a population (as of 31 December 2012) of 207.^[1] As of 2007, 3.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (98.6%), with most of the rest speaking French ( 0.9%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.4%), the Green Party (10%) and the FDP (8.3%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.6%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Farnern about 79.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Farnern has an unemployment rate of 0.47%. As of 2005, there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 3 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 1 business in this sector. 25 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector.^[5] The historical population is given in the following table:^[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Farnern.

• Farnern in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

v t e Municipalities in the Oberaargau administrative district, Switzerland Aarwangen Attiswil Auswil Bannwil Berken Bettenhausen Bleienbach Busswil bei Melchnau Eriswil Farnern Gondiswil Graben Heimenhausen Hermiswil Herzogenbuchsee Huttwil Inkwil Langenthal Lotzwil Madiswil Melchnau Niederbipp Niederönz Oberbipp Obersteckholz Ochlenberg Oeschenbach Reisiswil Roggwil Rohrbach Rohrbachgraben Rumisberg Rütschelen Schwarzhäusern Seeberg Thörigen Thunstetten Ursenbach Walliswil bei Niederbipp Walliswil bei Wangen Walterswil Wangen an der Aare Wangenried Wiedlisbach Wolfisberg Wynau Wyssachen Canton of Bern Districts of Canton Bern Municipalities of the canton of Bern