What is the population of Herbligen, Bern?

Herbligen has a population of approximately 600 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Herbligen, Bern located?

Herbligen is located in Bern, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 46.8275°, 7.6081°.

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Herbligen

Total population

600

Elevation578 m

Land area2.7 km²

Coordinates46.83°, 7.61°

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City facts

Elevation

578 m

Area

2.7 km²

Official website

www.herbligen.ch

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Overview

Herbligen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History & geography

History

Herbligen is first mentioned in 1302. The earliest trace of a settlement in the area is a large prehistoric fortification on the Eggrain and Wolfenburg hill. The Helisbühl hill may be an artificially created hill from around the same era. During the Late Middle Ages many wealthy citizens of Bern and Thun owned land or rights in the village. The village formed a school district with the neighboring village of Brenzikofen in 1665. The two communities built a school house at Helisbühl. The school was in operation for almost two centuries, before it was abandoned in 1834. A new school house was built in the area in 1973. Beginning in the 1980s many commuters from Bern and Thun settled in Herbligen causing a construction boom. Today the village is mostly a bedroom community with almost two-thirds of the working population commuting to the cities for work.

Geography

Herbligen has an area of . Of this area, or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.1%. Out of the forested land, 38.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.7% is used for growing crops and 19.2% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.

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