Aegerten
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| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Biel/Bienne |
| Coordinates | 47°7′N 7°17′E / 47.117°N 7.283°ECoordinates: 47°7′N 7°17′E / 47.117°N 7.283°E |
| Population | 1,730 (Dec 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 824 /km2 (2,134 /sq mi) |
| Area | 2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)[2] |
| Elevation | 437 m (1,434 ft) |
| Postal code | 2558 |
| SFOS number | 0731 |
| Mayor | Fredi Siegenthaler |
| Surrounded by | Studen, Jens, Port, Brügg, Schwadernau |
| Website | www.aegerten.ch SFSO statistics |
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Aegerten is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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[edit] History
Aegerten is first mentioned in 1225 as villa Egerdon.[3]
[edit] Geography
Aegerten has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi). Of this area, 0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 37.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while0.61 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 28.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.63 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 29.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 5.1% is either rivers or lakes.[4]
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.1%. 26.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.3% is used for growing crops and 9.2% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[4]
The municipality has grown together with Brügg and Studen. It is located on the right bank of the Nidau-Büren channel.
[edit] Demographics
Aegerten has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 1,730.[1] As of 2007[update], the population included 9.7% which were foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (90.9%), with French being second most common ( 4.2%) and Italian being third ( 1.3%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (23.9%), the FDP (17%) and the Green Party (7.1%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14%. In Aegerten about 79.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Aegerten has an unemployment rate of 1.23%. As of 2005[update], there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 169 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 21 businesses in this sector. 172 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 41 businesses in this sector.[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
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| 1764 | 164 |
| 1850 | 346 |
| 1900 | 577 |
| 1950 | 716 |
| 2000 | 1,663 |
[edit] External links
- Aegerten in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Official statistics for Swiss municipalities (German)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed 29 September
- ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ^ a b Aegerten in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 09-Jul-2009
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