Subject Name: | Kienersrüti |
Municipality Type: | former |
Canton: | Bern |
Iso-Code-Region: | CH-BE |
Coordinates: | 46.8°N 41°W |
Postal Code: | 3628 |
Municipality Code: | 0871 |
Area: | 0.8 |
Elevation: | 579 |
Population: | 52 |
Populationof: | Dec 2011 |
Kienersrüti is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Kienersrüti merged into the municipality of Uttigen.[1]
It was the third-smallest independent municipality in the canton. It is rural in character and its economy based mostly on farming. A regional popular saying names it "the one street lantern town".
Before the merger, Kienersrüti had a total area of 0.8km2. Of this area, 0.65km2 or 87.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.09km2 or 12.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.02km2 or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads).[2]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. 12.2% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 48.6% is used for growing crops and 35.1% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.[2]
Kienersrüti had a population (as of 2011) of 52.[3] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. All of the population speaks German.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SPS which received 30% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (29.3%), the local small left-wing parties (14.3%) and the Green Party (8.9%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 13.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 71.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.4%. In Kienersrüti about 80.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Kienersrüti has an unemployment rate of 0%., there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. No one is employed in the tertiary sector.[3] The historical population is given in the following table:
year | population |
---|---|
1764 | 43 |
1850 | 91 |
1870 | 108 |
1900 | 48 |
1950 | 79 |
2000 | 52 |