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Mühlethurnen
Mühlethurnen
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Mühlethurnen
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Bern-Mittelland
Government
• Mayor	Christian Kneubühl
Area
• Total	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation	573 m (1,880 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	1,402
• Density	480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3127
SFOS number	0876
ISO 3166 code	CH-BE
Surrounded by	Kirchdorf, Kirchenthurnen, Lohnstorf, Mühledorf, Riggisberg
Website	www.muehlethurnen.ch ; SFSO statistics

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Mühlethurnen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History

The first mention of the village is in the 14th century when the von Blankenburg family owned land in it and in neighboring Kirchenthurnen. The family donated their lands and rights in 1343 and 1362 to Interlaken Abbey. In 1528, Bern accepted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and forcefully secularized the Abbey and all its lands. The village became part of the district and parish of Thurnen.

The Gürbe river correction projects from 1855 until 1911 drained the swampy valley floor and opened up additional farm land. In 1901 the Gürbetal railroad built a station in the municipality and connected it to the rest of the Swiss rail network. In the 1970s the population began to grow as Mühlethurnen became a regional center in the Gürbe valley. Today the residents work in agriculture, produce sauerkraut or in small businesses. About three-fourths of the work force commutes to jobs in nearby towns and cities.

A village school opened in Mühlethurnen in 1871. In 1912 it moved to Riggisberg. Today Mühlethurnen and Lohnstorf form a single school district, with the school in Mühlethurnen.

Geography

Mühlethurnen has an area of 2.93 km² (1.13 sq mi).^[3] As of 2012, a total of 2.11 km² (0.81 sq mi) or 72.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.22 km² (0.085 sq mi) or 7.5% is forested. The rest of the municipality is 0.57 km² (0.22 sq mi) or 19.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.^[4]

During the same year, housing and buildings made up 11.3% 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 All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 51.5% is used for growing crops and 19.1% is pasturage, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.^[4]

It is located in the Gürbetal (Gürbe valley) on the slope of Längenberg mountain. The municipality includes the village of Mühlethurnen, the hamlets of Mühlebach and Pontel-Freudberg and several isolated houses.

On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Seftigen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.^[5]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Tower embatteled Argent and a Base Semi Wheel of the same. Both the half mill wheel (German: halben Mühlrad) and the tower (German: Turm) are examples of canting arms.^[6]

Demographics

Mühlethurnen has a population (as of December 2020^[update]) of 1,426.^[7] As of 2012^[update], 4.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 2 years (2010-2012) the population has changed at a rate of 1.0%. Migration accounted for 0.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 0.5%.^[8]

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,247 or 96.7%) as their first language, French is the second most common (10 or 0.8%) and English is the third (4 or 0.3%).^[9]

As of 2008^[update], the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female. The population was made up of 634 Swiss men (46.7% of the population) and 31 (2.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 669 Swiss women (49.2%) and 25 (1.8%) non-Swiss women.^[10] Of the population in the municipality, 342 or about 26.5% were born in Mühlethurnen and lived there in 2000. There were 681 or 52.8% who were born in the same canton, while 144 or 11.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 74 or 5.7% were born outside of Switzerland.^[9]

As of 2012^[update], children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 20.6% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 60.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.4%.^[8]

As of 2000^[update], there were 550 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 632 married individuals, 67 widows or widowers and 41 individuals who are divorced.^[9]

As of 2010^[update], there were 162 households that consist of only one person and 38 households with five or more people.^[11] In 2000^[update], a total of 499 apartments (94.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 17 apartments (3.2%) were seasonally occupied and 15 apartments (2.8%) were empty.^[12] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2013^[update], was 2.8346456693%. In 2011, single family homes made up 62.1% of the total housing in the municipality.^[13]

The historical population is given in the following chart:^[14]^[15]^[16]

Politics

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 25.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (18.0%), the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (15.8%) and the Green Party (14.1%). In the federal election, a total of 679 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 62.3%.^[17]

Economy

As of 2011^[update], Mühlethurnen had an unemployment rate of 1.63%. As of 2011^[update], there were a total of 253 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 62 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 16 businesses in this sector. 163 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 43 businesses in this sector.^[8] There were 682 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.4% of the workforce.

In 2008^[update] there were a total of 174 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 25, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 69 of which 26 or (37.7%) were in manufacturing and 44 (63.8%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 80. In the tertiary sector; 26 or 32.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 7.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 8.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 14 or 17.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 3 or 3.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 12 or 15.0% were in education and 8 or 10.0% were in health care.^[18]

In 2000^[update], there were 108 workers who commuted into the municipality and 529 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 152 workers (58.5% of the 260 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Mühlethurnen.^[19] Of the working population, 33.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 44.6% used a private car.^[8]

In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Mühlethurnen making 150,000 CHF was 12.1%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 17.8%.^[20] For comparison, the average rate for the entire canton in the same year, was 14.2% and 22.0%, while the nationwide average was 12.3% and 21.1% respectively.^[21]

In 2009 there were a total of 606 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 218 made over 75,000 CHF per year. There were 3 people who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Mühlethurnen was 115,013 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF.^[22]

In 2011 a total of 1.8% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.^[23]

Religion

From the 2000 census^[update], 965 or 74.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 99 or 7.7% were Roman Catholic. Of the rest of the population, there were 5 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.39% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.23% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 43 individuals (or about 3.33% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 6 (or about 0.47% of the population) who were Muslim. There was 1 person who was Buddhist and 16 individuals who were Hindu. 104 (or about 8.06% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 48 individuals (or about 3.72% of the population) did not answer the question.^[9]

Education

In Mühlethurnen about 60.9% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 21.3% have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).^[8] Of the 166 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 73.5% were Swiss men, 19.9% were Swiss women, 3.0% were non-Swiss men and 3.6% were non-Swiss women.^[9]

The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.^[24]

During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 157 students attending classes in Mühlethurnen. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 23 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 4.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 4.3% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 7 primary classes and 113 students. Of the primary students, 1.8% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 7.1% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 2 lower secondary classes with a total of 21 students. There were 4.8% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 4.8% have a different mother language than the classroom language.^[25]

As of 2000^[update], there were a total of 170 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 141 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 29 students came from another municipality. During the same year, 81 residents attended schools outside the municipality.^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 April 2014
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Template:De icon accessed 2 February 2011
^ Statistical office of the Canton of Bern Template:De icon accessed 4 January 2012
^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Haushaltsgrösse Template:De icon accessed 8 May 2013
^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011
^ Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2011 accessed 17 June 2013
^ Mühlethurnen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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^ EDK/CDIP/IDES (2010). Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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External links

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

[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v18-1] "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v18-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[Arealstatistik-3] Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen

[BFS_land-4] Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data Template:De icon accessed 25 March 2010

[Mutation-5] Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Template:De icon accessed 4 April 2011

[6] Flags of the World.com accessed 14 April 2014

[Stat2020_BE-7] "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[SFSO-8] Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 April 2014

[STAT2000-9] STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Template:De icon accessed 2 February 2011

[BE_Stat-10] Statistical office of the Canton of Bern Template:De icon accessed 4 January 2012

[11] Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Haushaltsgrösse Template:De icon accessed 8 May 2013

[Housing-12] Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011

[13] Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2011 accessed 17 June 2013

[HDS-14] Mühlethurnen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

[15] Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Template:De icon accessed 29 January 2011

[16] Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige Wohnbevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Gemeinde und Haushaltsgrösse Template:De icon accessed 12 August 2013

[election_2011-17] Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election Template:De icon accessed 8 May 2012

[18] Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011

[commuter-19] Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Template:De icon accessed 24 June 2010

[20] Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Steuerbelastung, 2011 Politische Gemeinden Template:De icon accessed 15 May 2013

[21] Swiss Federal Tax Administration - Grafische Darstellung der Steuerbelastung 2011 in den Kantonen Template:De icon Template:Fr icon accessed 17 June 2013

[22] Federal Tax Administration Report Direkte Bundessteuer - Natürliche Personen - Gemeinden - Steuerjahr 2009 Template:De icon Template:Fr icon accessed 15 May 2013

[23] Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Bezüger/-innen von Sozialhilfeleistungen (Sozialhilfeempfänger/-innen), 2011 accessed 18 June 2013

[24] EDK/CDIP/IDES (2010). Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 24 June 2010.

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 '''Mühlethurnen''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Bern-Mittelland (administrative district)|Bern-Mittelland administrative district]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Bern (canton)|Bern]] in [[Switzerland]].
+==History==
+The first mention of the village is in the 14th century when the von Blankenburg family owned land in it and in neighboring [[Kirchenthurnen]].  The family donated their lands and rights in 1343 and 1362 to [[Interlaken Abbey]].  In 1528, [[Bern]] accepted the new faith of the [[Protestant Reformation]] and forcefully secularized the Abbey and all its lands.  The village became part of the district and [[parish]] of Thurnen.
+The [[Gürbetal|Gürbe]] river correction projects from 1855 until 1911 drained the swampy valley floor and opened up additional farm land.  In 1901 the Gürbetal railroad built a station in the municipality and connected it to the rest of the Swiss rail network.  In the 1970s the population began to grow as Mühlethurnen became a regional center in the Gürbe valley.  Today the residents work in agriculture, produce [[sauerkraut]] or in small businesses.  About three-fourths of the work force commutes to jobs in nearby towns and cities.
+A village school opened in Mühlethurnen in 1871.  In 1912 it moved to [[Riggisberg]].  Today Mühlethurnen and [[Lohnstorf]] form a single school district, with the school in Mühlethurnen.
 ==Geography==
+[[File:20050508S017 Muelibach.jpg|thumb|left|Mühlibach stream near Mühlethurnen]]
-Mühlethurnen has an area of {{convert|2.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.  Of this area, 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.5% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>
+Mühlethurnen has an area of {{Swiss area|0876|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|0876|QUELLE}}<!--2.93 - 2.92 km2-->  As of 2012, a total of {{convert|2.11|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 72.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|0.22|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 7.5% is forested.   The rest of the municipality is {{convert|0.57|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 19.5% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.02|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{de icon}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
+During the same year, housing and buildings made up 11.3% 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  All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 51.5% is used for growing crops and  19.1% is pasturage, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.<ref name=BFS_land/>
-It is located in the [[Gürbetal]] (Gürbe valley) on the slope of Längenberg mountain.  The municipality includes the village of Mühlethurnen, the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Mühlebach and Pontel-Freudberg and several isolated houses.
+It is located in the [[Gürbetal]] (Gürbe valley) on the slope of Längenberg mountain.  The municipality includes the village of Mühlethurnen, the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Mühlebach and Pontel-Freudberg and several isolated houses.
+On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Seftigen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved.  On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{de icon}} accessed 4 April 2011</ref>
+==Coat of arms==
+The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Gules a Tower embatteled Argent and a Base Semi Wheel of the same.''  Both the half mill wheel ({{lang-de|halben Mühlrad}}) and the tower ({{lang-de|Turm}}) are examples of [[canting arms]].<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-be317.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 14 April 2014</ref>
 ==Demographics==
+[[File:20050508S043.jpg|thumb|A traditional style house in Mühlethurnen]]
-Mühlethurnen has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-BE}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0876}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-BE}} {{as of|2007}}, 2.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.2%.  Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German  (96.7%), with French being second most common ( 0.8%) and English being third ( 0.3%).
+Mühlethurnen has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-BE}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0876}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-BE}}  {{as of|2012}}, 4.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.  Over the last 2 years (2010-2012) the population has changed at a rate of 1.0%.  Migration accounted for 0.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 0.5%.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 14 April 2014</ref>
+Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (1,247 or 96.7%) as their first language, [[French language|French]] is the second most common (10 or 0.8%) and [[English language|English]] is the third (4 or 0.3%).<ref name=STAT2000/>
-In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 29.7% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SPS]] (20.8%), the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (16.9%) and the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] (12.8%).
+{{as of|2008}}, the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.  The population was made up of 634 Swiss men (46.7% of the population) and 31 (2.3%) non-Swiss men.  There were 669 Swiss women (49.2%) and 25 (1.8%) non-Swiss women.<ref name=BE_Stat>[http://www.fin.be.ch/de/index/finanzen/finanzen/publikationen/wohnbevoelkerung.html Statistical office of the Canton of Bern] {{de icon}} accessed 4 January 2012</ref>  Of the population in the municipality, 342 or about 26.5% were born in Mühlethurnen and lived there in 2000.  There were 681 or 52.8% who were born in the same canton, while 144 or 11.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 74 or 5.7% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
-The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.4%.  In Mühlethurnen about 82.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').
+{{as of|2012}}, children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 20.6% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 60.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.4%.<ref name=SFSO/>
-Mühlethurnen has an unemployment rate of 0.87%.  {{as of|2005}}, there were 41 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 16 businesses involved in this sector.  92 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 17 businesses in this sector.  98 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 24 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 14-Jul-2009</ref>
-The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|499|Mühlethurnen}}</ref>
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
-! year
-! population
-|-
-| 764
-| 231
-|-
-| 1850
-|  642
-|-
-| 1900
-|  648
-|-
-| 1950
-|  700
-|-
-| 2000
-|  1,290
-|-
-|}
+{{as of|2000}}, there were 550 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 632 married individuals, 67 widows or widowers and 41 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]  {{de icon}} accessed 2 February 2011 </ref>
-==External links==
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+{{as of|2010}}, there were 162 households that consist of only one person and 38 households with five or more people.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/04/blank/key/haushaltsgroesse.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Haushaltsgrösse] {{de icon}} accessed 8 May 2013</ref>  {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 499 apartments (94.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 17 apartments (3.2%) were seasonally occupied and 15 apartments (2.8%) were empty.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{de icon}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>  The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2013|alt=in 2013}}, was 2.8346456693%.  In 2011, single family homes made up 62.1% of the total housing in the municipality.<ref>[http://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2011] accessed 17 June 2013</ref>
-* {{HDS|499|Mühlethurnen}}
+The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|499|Mühlethurnen}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{de icon}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/04/01.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige Wohnbevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Gemeinde und Haushaltsgrösse] {{de icon}} accessed 12 August 2013</ref>
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+==Politics==
+In the 2011 [[Swiss federal election, 2011|federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP)]] which received 25.4% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP)]] (18.0%), the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party (BDP)]] (15.8%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (14.1%).  In the federal election, a total of 679 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 62.3%.<ref name=election_2011>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election] {{de icon}} accessed 8 May 2012</ref>
+==Economy==
+[[File:Bahnhof Thurnen.jpg|thumb|Thurnen railroad station]]
+{{as of|2011|In 2011}}, Mühlethurnen had an unemployment rate of 1.63%.  {{as of|2011}}, there were a total of 253 people employed in the municipality.  Of these, there were 28 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 11 businesses involved in this sector.  62 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 16 businesses in this sector.  163 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 43 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 682 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.4% of the workforce.
+{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} there were a total of 174 [[full-time equivalent]] jobs.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 25, all of which were in agriculture.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 69 of which 26 or (37.7%) were in manufacturing and 44 (63.8%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 80.  In the tertiary sector; 26 or 32.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 7.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 8.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 14 or 17.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 3 or 3.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 12 or 15.0% were in education and 8 or 10.0% were in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{de icon}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
+{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 108 workers who commuted into the municipality and 529 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.  A total of 152 workers (58.5% of the 260 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Mühlethurnen.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{de icon}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref>  Of the working population, 33.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 44.6% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
+In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Mühlethurnen making 150,000 [[CHF]] was 12.1%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 17.8%.<ref> [http://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Steuerbelastung, 2011 Politische Gemeinden] {{de icon}} accessed 15 May 2013</ref>  For comparison, the average rate for the entire canton in the same year, was 14.2% and 22.0%, while the nationwide average was 12.3% and 21.1% respectively.<ref>[http://www.estv2.admin.ch/d/dokumentation/zahlen_fakten/karten/sb-2011_rangliste/index-d.htm Swiss Federal Tax Administration - Grafische Darstellung der Steuerbelastung 2011 in den Kantonen] {{de icon}} {{fr icon}} accessed 17 June 2013</ref>
+In 2009 there were a total of 606 tax payers in the municipality.  Of that total, 218 made over 75,000 CHF per year.  There were 3 people who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year.  The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Mühlethurnen was 115,013 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF.<ref>[http://www.estv.admin.ch/dokumentation/00075/00076/00701/01362/index.html?lang=de Federal Tax Administration Report Direkte Bundessteuer - Natürliche Personen - Gemeinden - Steuerjahr 2009] {{de icon}} {{fr icon}} accessed 15 May 2013</ref>
+In 2011 a total of 1.8% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.<ref>[http://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch Statistischer Atlas der Schweiz - Bezüger/-innen von Sozialhilfeleistungen (Sozialhilfeempfänger/-innen), 2011] accessed 18 June 2013</ref>
+==Religion==
+From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 965 or 74.8% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]], while 99 or 7.7% were [[Roman Catholic]].  Of the rest of the population, there were 5 [[Orthodox Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 0.39% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.23% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]], and there were 43 individuals (or about 3.33% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church.  There were 6 (or about 0.47% of the population) who were [[Muslim]].  There was 1 person who was [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and 16 individuals who were [[Hinduism|Hindu]].  104 (or about 8.06% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 48 individuals (or about 3.72% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
+==Education==
+[[File:20050508S095 Schulhaus Muehlethurnen.jpg|thumb|Mühlethurnen school house]]
+In Mühlethurnen about 60.9% of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 21.3% have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>  Of the 166 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 73.5% were Swiss men, 19.9% were Swiss women, 3.0% were non-Swiss men and 3.6% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
+The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory [[Kindergarten]], followed by six years of Primary school.  This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.  Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an [[apprenticeship]].<ref>{{Cite report |title=Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein |url= http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |author= EDK/CDIP/IDES |year= 2010 |accessdate= 24 June 2010 }}</ref>
+During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 157 students attending classes in Mühlethurnen.  There was one kindergarten class with a total of 23 students in the municipality.  Of the kindergarten students, 4.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 4.3% have a different mother language than the classroom language.  The municipality had 7 primary classes and 113 students.  Of the primary students, 1.8% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 7.1% have a different mother language than the classroom language.  During the same year, there were 2 lower secondary classes with a total of 21 students.  There were 4.8% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 4.8% have a different mother language than the classroom language.<ref name=School>[http://www.erz.be.ch/erz/de/index/direktion/organisation/generalsekretariat/statistik/schul-_und_gemeindetabellen.html Schuljahr 2011/12 pdf document]{{de icon}} accessed 9 May 2013</ref>
+{{as of|2000|In 2000}}, there were a total of 170 students attending any school in the municipality.  Of those, 141 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 29 students came from another municipality.  During the same year, 81 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
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