What is the population of Finsterhennen, Bern?

Finsterhennen has a population of approximately 580 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Finsterhennen, Bern located?

Finsterhennen is located in Bern, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 47.0232°, 7.1809°.

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Finsterhennen

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Total population

580

Elevation445 m

Land area3.57 km²

Coordinates47.02°, 7.18°

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City facts

Elevation

445 m

Area

3.57 km²

Official website

www.finsterhennen.ch

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Overview

Finsterhennen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History & geography

History

Finsterhennen is first mentioned around 1220 as Freineshun and in 1453 as Veisten Hennen. In French it was known as Grasse Poule. The earliest trace of humans in Finsterhennen are some neolithic ceramics which were found at Steinacker-Büne. Other prehistoric traces include prehistoric items at Moos, flints at Usserfeld, tumuli at (Ischlag-Outer Canal), wooden poles for stilt houses at Längäcker, graves in the gravel pit at Pfaffenholz and graves with just bodies by the railroad tracks. From the Roman era, a cache of tools and items were found at Reben and fragments of what appears to be a Roman road at Moos. During the Middle Ages, the village was part of the Herrschaft of Erlach. In 1474 Erlach and the surrounding land was acquired by Bern and became the Bernese bailiwick of Erlach. The village church was part of the parish of Siselen. The village lay on the Aarberg-Müntschemier road, which ran along a dry moraine through the Grosses Moos marsh. The Jura water correction project of 1874, drained the marsh and allowed development of the Grosses Moos. In 1916 the Biel-Täuffelen-Ins railroad built a rail station between Siselen and Finsterhennen and a small rail stop in Finsterhennen. This allowed small industry to move into the village. Today the local economy is based on grain, vegetable and dairy farming along with small businesses.

Geography

Finsterhennen has an area of . Of this area, or 71.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.8% of the area Out of the forested land, 14.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 66.9% is used for growing crops and 4.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

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