Albligen (former French name: Albenon) is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged into the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.
Albligen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Albligen  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°51′N 7°19′E / 46.850°N 7.317°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Bern-Mittelland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Regula Reinhardt-Trachsel |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 699 m (2,293 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2010) | |
• Total | 477 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3183 |
| SFOS number | 0851 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Ueberstorf, Wahlern, Heitenried |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
History
editAlbligen is first mentioned in 1346 as Alblingen.[1]
Geography
editAlbligen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.29 km2 (1.66 sq mi). Of this area, 2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi) or 56.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while1.49 km2 (0.58 sq mi) or 34.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km2 (15 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes.[2]
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 0.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. 32.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.6% is used for growing crops and 27.7% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[2]
Albligen lies in the midland of a small bank in the Höchi hills (818 m (2,684 ft) above sea level). On the eastern edge of the municipality flows the Sense River.
The neighboring municipalities are Ueberstorf, Wahlern, and Heitenried.
Demographics
editAlbligen has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 477.[3] As of 2007[update], 3.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (97.5%), with French being second most common ( 1.4%) and Romanian being third ( 0.4%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.3%), the Green Party (9.6%) and the local small left-wing parties (7.8%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13%. In Albligen about 74.4% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Albligen has an unemployment rate of 0.75%. As of 2005[update], there were 59 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 20 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 27 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector.[4] The historical population is given in the following table:[1]
| year | population |
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| 1850 | 694 |
| 1960 | 421 |
| 1990 | 442 |
References
edit- ^ a b Albligen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, online database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 - Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (in German) accessed 29 September
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13-Jul-2009
External links
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- Dubler, A-M: Albligen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 14 June 2005.