Aeschlen bei Oberdiessbach

Former municipality in Bern, Switzerland

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Location of Aeschlen

46°50′N 7°39′E / 46.833°N 7.650°E / 46.833; 7.650CountrySwitzerlandCantonBernDistrictKonolfingenArea

• Total4.89 km² (1.89 sq mi)Elevation

750 m (2,460 ft)Population

(1981-12-31)^[1]

• Total1,516 • Density310/km² (800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)Postal code(s)

3672

SFOS number0601ISO 3166 codeCH-BESurrounded byBleiken bei Oberdiessbach, Buchholterberg, Linden, OberdiessbachWebsitewww.oberdiessbach.ch
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Aeschlen bei Oberdiessbach (officially known as Aeschlen) was a municipality in the district of Konolfingen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Aeschlen merged into the municipality of Oberdiessbach.^[2]

History

Aeschlen is first mentioned in 1303 as Eschlon.^[3]

Geography

Aeschlen had an area of 4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi). Of this area, 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.9% is forested. The rest of the land, (3.9%) is settled.^[4]

Demographics

Aeschlen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 305.^[5] As of 2007^[update], 1.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -7.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.6%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12%. In Aeschlen about 64.4% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Aeschlen has an unemployment rate of 1.3%. As of 2005^[update], there were 72 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 20 businesses involved in this sector. 13 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 30 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector.^[4] The historical population is given in the following table:^[3]

year	population
1764	204
1850	455
1900	348
1950	321
1970	244
2000	317

References

^ . Federal Statistical Office https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/de/. Retrieved 15 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 2775. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b Aeschlen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
^ ^a ^b Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 02-Jul-2009
^ "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.