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Kehrsatz
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Kehrsatz
Total population
4,164
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Kehrsatz is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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History
Kehrsatz is first mentioned in 1281 as Kersaz. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are some La Tène graves which were discovered under Zimmerwaldstrasse 27. During the Roman era there was a well developed village of Gallo-Roman farm houses at the Maygut - Breitenacker area. A horde of Roman coins was also discovered in the Gurtental. By the Middle Ages the village was part of the Belp-Montenach Herrschaft. By the 13th century a number of Bernese nobles and local monasteries owned pieces of the village and surrounding farms. Gradually, Bern acquired a majority of rights in Kehrsatz and by the 15th century had the low court right over the village. In the following century their power expanded to include the Zwing or Twing rights. In 1388, the village became part of the Bernese district of Seftigen. Kehrsatz Castle was built in the 14th century for the local administrator. It was rebuilt in the 16th century and renovated several times since then. Over the centuries, a number of Bernese patrician families ruled over Kehrsatz. This all changed following the 1798 French invasion, and creation of the Helvetic Republic. Kehrsatz became an independent municipality in the Canton of Bern. The Canton acquired the Castle and in 1888 turned it into a girls boarding school. Today it is a Cantonal boarding school. In the late 19th and early 20th century, a new highway and the Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg railroad (now part of the BLS) tied Kehrsatz closely with Bern. In the 1960s Bern grew rapidly and Kehrsatz became a suburb and part of the agglomeration of Bern. In 1969, a primary and secondary school opened in Selhofen for the growing population.
Geography
Kehrsatz has an area of . As of 2012, a total of or 54.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.3% is forested. The rest of the municipality is or 21.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.5% is unproductive land. During the same year, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. A total of 20.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 33.1% is used for growing crops and 18.9% is pasturage, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Bern
- Englisberg0.9 mi away
- Zimmerwald2 mi away
- Gümligen2.5 mi away
- Bern2.8 mi away · pop. 128,848
- Vehweid2.9 mi away
- Niedermuhlern3.4 mi away · pop. 471
- Ostermundigen3.5 mi away · pop. 16,185
- Rubigen3.6 mi away · pop. 2,920
- Toffen3.6 mi away · pop. 2,536
- Belpberg3.8 mi away · pop. 373
- Oberbalm4.1 mi away · pop. 835
- Stettlen4.2 mi away · pop. 3,149
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Kehrsatz
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Recent natural events nearby
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 870
- Population (Wikidata)
- 4,302
- Wikidata
- Q68274
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771