Aeschi bei Spiez
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| Population | 2,061 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 67 /km2 (173 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 30.99 km2 (11.97 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 860 m (2,822 ft) | |||||||||
| - Highest | 1400 m - | |||||||||
| - Lowest | 850 m - | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3703 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0562 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Kurt von Känel | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Krattigen, Lauterbrunnen, Leissigen, Reichenbach im Kandertal, Saxeten, Spiez, Wimmis | |||||||||
| Website | www.aeschi.ch SFSO statistics |
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Aeschi bei Spiez is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Views of the 17.5 km long Lake Thun are obtained from a little above Aeschi. Its Protestant church with the refectory and two neighbouring houses is a heritage site of national significance.[3]
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[edit] History
Aeschi bei Spiez is first mentioned in 1228 as Asshes. In 1269 it was mentioned as (villa) Esche..[4]
[edit] Geography
Aeschi bei Spiez has an area, as of 2009[update], of 30.99 km2 (11.97 sq mi). Of this area, 14.35 km2 (5.54 sq mi) or 46.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi) or 27.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi) or 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 6.11 km2 (2.36 sq mi) or 19.7% is unproductive land.[5]
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 0.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. 22.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for growing crops and 20.6% is pastures and 25.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 7.6% is unproductive vegatation, 12.1% is too rocky for vegatation.[5]
Aeschi bei Spiez is located along a ridge between the Kander valley and Lake Thun. The municipality includes Aeschi bei Spiez and Aeschiried, Heustrich-Emdtal, Mülenen and Alpen im hinteren Suldtal. The parish church serves both Aeschi and Krattigen.
[edit] Demographics
Aeschi bei Spiez has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 2,061.[1] As of 2007[update], the population included 5.5% which were foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (95.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.2%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.5%), the CSP (11.1%) and the SPS (10.6%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.6%. In Aeschi bei Spiez about 76.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Aeschi bei Spiez has an unemployment rate of 1.62%. As of 2005[update], there were 177 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 77 businesses involved in this sector. 118 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 20 businesses in this sector. 562 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 82 businesses in this sector.[6]
The historical population is given in the following table:[4]
| year | population |
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| 1764 | 804 |
| 1850 | 1,251 |
| 1888 | 1,195 |
| 1950 | 1,364 |
| 1990 | 1,847 |
[edit] External links
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- Aeschi bei Spiez in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
[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
- ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 101.
- ^ a b Aeschi bei Spiez 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 11-Jun-2009
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