Ochlenberg
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::data[format=table title="Infobox Swiss town"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Ochlenberg |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Ochlenberg COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Ochlenberg Flag.svg |
| canton | Bern |
| iso-code-region | CH-BE |
| district | Oberaargau |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 3367 |
| municipality_code | 0985 |
| area | 12.1 |
| elevation | 580 |
| population | |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Bleienbach, Bollodingen, Hermiswil, Leimiswil, Oeschenbach, Rütschelen, Seeberg, Thörigen, Ursenbach, Wynigen |
| :: |
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Ochlenberg is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Ochlenberg is first mentioned in 1612 as Ochliberg.
Geography
Ochlenberg has an area, , of 12.13 km2. Of this area, 7.61 km2 or 62.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.93 km2 or 32.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.52 km2 or 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.
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.
Demographics
Ochlenberg has a population (as of ) of . , 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 () speaks German (99.4%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and Russian being third ( 0.2%).
The age distribution of the population () 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%. , 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. The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 666 |
| 1850 | 1,093 |
| 1900 | 914 |
| 1950 | 839 |
| 2000 | 641 |
| :: |
References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang. de accessed 25 March 2010
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 21-Jul-2009
- {{HDS. 571. Ochlenberg
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