From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Linden, Switzerland
Linden, Switzerland
Linden
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Bern-Mittelland
46°51′N 7°41′E / 46.85°N 7.683°E / 46.85;
7.683Coordinates: 46°51′N 7°41′E / 46.85°N Linden is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland adminis-
7.683°E / 46.85; 7.683 trative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Population 1,314 (Dec 2010)[1]
- Density 99 /km2 (256 /sq mi) History
Area 13.23 km2 (5.11 sq mi)[2] Linden is first mentioned in 1354.[3] The municipality
Elevation 916 m (3,005 ft) was formed in 1945 when the municipalities of Ausserbir-
Postal code 3673 rmoos, Innerbirrmoos, and Otterbach merged.
SFOS number 0614
Surrounded by Aeschlen, Bowil, Buchholterberg,
Freimettigen, Niederhünigen, Oberdiessbach, Geography
Oberhünigen, Röthenbach im Emmental Linden, Switzerland has an area, as of 2009, of 13.23 km2
Website www.linden.ch (5.11 sq mi). Of this area, 8.01 km2 (3.09 sq mi) or 60.5%
SFSO statistics is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.34 km2
(1.68 sq mi) or 32.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land,
0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or
roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes
and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.[4]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up
3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%.
31.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2%
is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the
agricultural land, 11.4% is used for growing crops and
47.5% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine
crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and
Linden streams.[4]
Linden does not have a central village, rather it is
Map of Linden
composed of scattered houses and settlements on a low
hill between the Aare River and Emme River.
Demographics
Linden has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of
1,314.[1] As of 2007, 3.8% of the population was made up
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Linden, Switzerland
year population
1764 811
1850 1,540
1900 1,393
1950 1,307
2000 1,307
of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population employed in the tertiary sector, with 30 businesses in this
has grown at a rate of 3.7%. Most of the population (as of sector.[5] The historical population is given in the follow-
2000) speaks German (96.6%), with French being second ing table:[3]
most common ( 1.9%) and English being third ( 0.2%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the
SVP which received 58.4% of the vote. The next three
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most popular parties were the local small left-wing par- • Linden in German, French and Italian in the online
ties (11.2%), the SPS (9.3%) and the CSP (5.9%). Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is
children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.8%
of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up
References
56% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.2%. The [1] ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online
entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lin- database – Datenwürfel für Thema 01.2 -
den about 67.7% of the population (between age 25-64) Bevölkerungsstand und -bewegung (German) accessed
have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary 29 September
education or additional higher education (either univer- [2] Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4
sity or a Fachhochschule). Hauptbereichen
Linden has an unemployment rate of 0.59%. As of [3] ^ Linden in German, French and Italian in the
2005, there were 191 people employed in the primary online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
economic sector and about 76 businesses involved in this [4] ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
sector. 158 people are employed in the secondary sector 2009 data (German) accessed 25 March 2010
and there are 23 businesses in this sector. 188 people are [5] Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 06-Jul-2009
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