Ochlenberg
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| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Oberaargau |
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• Total | 12.1 km2 (4.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 580 m (1,900 ft) |
| Population (December 2020) | |
• Total | 563 |
| • Density | 46.5/km2 (121/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3367 |
| SFOS number | 0985 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Bleienbach, Bollodingen, Hermiswil, Leimiswil, Oeschenbach, Rütschelen, Seeberg, Thörigen, Ursenbach, Wynigen |
| Website | website missing SFSO statistics |
Ochlenberg is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
[edit | edit source]Ochlenberg is first mentioned in 1612 as Ochliberg.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Ochlenberg has an area, as of 2009[update], of 12.13 square kilometers (4.68 sq mi). Of this area, 7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi) or 62.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.93 km2 (1.52 sq mi) or 32.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.[2]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 31.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 31.2% is used for growing crops and 29.2% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.[2]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]Ochlenberg has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 563.[3] As of 2007[update], 1.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -11.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (99.4%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and Russian being third ( 0.2%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.1%. In Ochlenberg about 79.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Ochlenberg has an unemployment rate of 0.55%. As of 2005[update], there were 212 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 67 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 9 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.[4] The historical population is given in the following table:[1]
| year | population |
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| 1764 | 666 |
| 1850 | 1,093 |
| 1900 | 914 |
| 1950 | 839 |
| 2000 | 641 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b "Ochlenberg" 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
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- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21-Jul-2009
External links
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- "Ochlenberg" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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