Kirchlindach

History

The name Lindenacho (for Kirchlindach) first appeared in writing on 2 October 1185, when Pope Lucius III affirmed legal possession of the area to Erlach in a papal bull. Between 1950 and 1980, the population doubled, as commuters moved into the municipality. Despite jobs in agriculture and light industry, the majority of workers in Kirchlindach now commute to Bern for work.

Geography

Kirchlindach has an area of . Of this area, or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 52.9% is used for growing crops and 12.5% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.6% is in rivers and streams.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,455
• Southern Damselfly

  Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840) · Insecta
  4,739
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,360
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  3,868
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  3,646
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,542
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  3,356
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  2,962

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France