Schüpfen | |
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 Schüpfen, village from southwest | |
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Location of Schüpfen  | |
  Schüpfen  Schüpfen | |
| Coordinates:47°2′N7°23′E / 47.033°N 7.383°E /47.033; 7.383 | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Seeland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ueli Hunziker |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.83 km2 (7.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 629 m (2,064 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 3,732 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3054 |
| SFOS number | 311 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Diemerswil,Grossaffoltern,Kirchlindach,Meikirch,Münchenbuchsee,Rapperswil,Seedorf |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Schüpfen is amunicipality in theSeeland administrative district in thecanton ofBern inSwitzerland.
Schüpfen is first mentioned in 1208 asScuphon.[3]
Prehistoric traces of a settlement in the area includeMesolithic andBronze Age artifacts, along withHallstatt andLa Tenegrave mounds. The area remained inhabited during theRoman era andEarly Middle Ages. TheMinisterialis (unfree knights in the service of afeudal overlord) family of Schüpfen ruled the village for theZähringens andKyburgs from 1208 until 1405. Schüpfen was a center of local administration for several surrounding communities. In 1405, the Lords of Mattstetten inherited Schüpfen from the Schüpfen family. They then donated the village and surrounding lands to theHospitallers atMünchenbuchsee Commandery. During the 14th century,Frienisberg Abbey bought much of the property in the village. After the secularization of the Abbey in 1528, the village became part of theBernesebailiwick of Frienisberg. After the1798 French invasion, it became part of the District ofZollikofen under theHelvetic Republic. After theAct of Mediation in 1803, it was transferred to theAarberg District.[3]
The village church was first mentioned in 1268 and was rebuilt in 1741-42, though the new building retained the medieval bell tower.[3]
The local economy has traditionally relied heavily on agriculture, though around 1850 many farms shifted to cattle and dairy production. Currently agriculture remains important in the surrounding hamlets and villages, while Schüpfen is a center of trade and light industry. The Bern-Biel cantonal road was first built in 1835-44 and connected Schüpfen to larger towns. This first large road was supplemented by a railroad in 1864 and a highway in 1983. The good transportation links allowed Schüpfen residents to easily commute to Bern, Biel and Lyss for work or school. In the 1970s new housing developments for the growing number of commuters grew up along the major roads and railway.[3]
Schüpfen has an area of 19.84 km2 (7.66 sq mi).[4] Of this area, 11.05 km2 (4.27 sq mi) or 55.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi) or 32.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi) or 10.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.[5]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 42.9% is used for growing crops and 11.7% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[5]
The municipality is located in the Lyssbach valley and on the Frienisberg and Rapperswil plateaus. It consists of the villages of Schüpfen, Bundkofen, Schwanden, Ziegelried, Saurenhorn, Schüpberg, Allenschwil, Wintersschwil and Bütschwil as well as scattered farm houses.
Theblazon of the municipalcoat of arms isGules three Wings Argent, two addorsed and third in fess.[6]
Schüpfen has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 3,792.[7] As of 2010[update], 6.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[8] Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 3.9%. Migration accounted for 0.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.3%.[9]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaksGerman (3,142 or 94.7%) as their first language,French is the second most common (36 or 1.1%) andSpanish is the third (30 or 0.9%). There are 21 people who speakItalian and 1 person who speaksRomansh.[10]
As of 2008[update], the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. The population was made up of 1,538 Swiss men (45.1% of the population) and 137 (4.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,648 Swiss women (48.4%) and 84 (2.5%) non-Swiss women.[8] Of the population in the municipality, 962 or about 29.0% were born in Schüpfen and lived there in 2000. There were 1,518 or 45.8% who were born in the same canton, while 496 or 14.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 240 or 7.2% were born outside of Switzerland.[10]
As of 2010[update], children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.1%.[9]
As of 2000[update], there were 1,438 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,577 married individuals, 163 widows or widowers and 140 individuals who are divorced.[10]
As of 2000[update], there were 338 households that consist of only one person and 91 households with five or more people. In 2000[update], a total of 1,247 apartments (92.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 58 apartments (4.3%) were seasonally occupied and 48 apartments (3.5%) were empty.[11] As of 2010[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 0.3 new units per 1000 residents.[9] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2011[update], was 0.69%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12]
The entire village of Schwanden and thehamlet of Winterswil are designated as part of theInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[13]
In the2011 federal election the most popular party was theSVP which received 31.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theBDP Party (19.5%), theSPS (19.2%) and theGreen Party (8.3%). In the federal election, a total of 1,384 votes were cast, and thevoter turnout was 51.9%.[14]
As of 2011[update], Schüpfen had an unemployment rate of 1.13%. As of 2008[update], there were a total of 1,035 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 182 people employed in theprimary economic sector and about 67 businesses involved in this sector. 197 people were employed in thesecondary sector and there were 35 businesses in this sector. 656 people were employed in thetertiary sector, with 99 businesses in this sector.[9]
In 2008[update] there were a total of 779full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 116, of which 113 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 179 of which 65 or (36.3%) were in manufacturing, 3 or (1.7%) were in mining and 101 (56.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 484. In the tertiary sector; 121 or 25.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 101 or 20.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 27 or 5.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 1.7% were in the information industry, 10 or 2.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 24 or 5.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 35 or 7.2% were in education and 121 or 25.0% were in health care.[15]
In 2000[update], there were 390 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,305 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[16] Of the working population, 25.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.4% used a private car.[9]
From the 2000 census[update], 343 or 10.3% wereRoman Catholic, while 2,517 or 75.9% belonged to theSwiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 16members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.48% of the population), there were 6 individuals (or about 0.18% of the population) who belonged to theChristian Catholic Church, and there were 166 individuals (or about 5.00% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 individuals (or about 0.12% of the population) who wereJewish, and 28 (or about 0.84% of the population) who wereIslamic. There were 6 individuals who wereBuddhist and 5 individuals who belonged to another church. 223 (or about 6.72% of the population) belonged to no church, areagnostic oratheist, and 82 individuals (or about 2.47% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]
In Schüpfen about 1,409 or (42.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatoryupper secondary education, and 484 or (14.6%) have completed additional higher education (eitheruniversity or aFachhochschule). Of the 484 who completed tertiary schooling, 71.1% were Swiss men, 24.4% were Swiss women, 2.5% were non-Swiss men and 2.1% were non-Swiss women.[10]
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatoryKindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter anapprenticeship.[17]
During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 380 students attending classes in Schüpfen. There were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 46 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 4.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 8.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 11 primary classes and 211 students. Of the primary students, 3.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 4.3% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 7 lower secondary classes with a total of 123 students. There were 3.3% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 4.1% have a different mother language than the classroom language.[18] As of 2000[update], there were 27 students in Schüpfen who came from another municipality, while 138 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[16]
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