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Coordinates:46°59′N7°29′E/ 46.983°N 7.483°E/46.983; 7.483
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Ittigen
Municipality
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Ittigen is located in Switzerland
Ittigen
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Ittigen is located in Canton of Bern
Ittigen
Ittigen
Coordinates:46°59′N7°29′E/ 46.983°N 7.483°E/46.983; 7.483
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictBern-Mittelland
Government
•ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 7 members
•MayorGemeindepräsident
Area
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• Total4.2 km2(1.6 sq mi)
Elevation
526 m (1,726 ft)
Population
(31 December 2018)[2]
• Total11,351
• Density2,700/km2(7,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00(Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)UTC+02:00(Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3063
SFOS number0362
ISO 3166 codeCH-BE
Surrounded byBern,Bolligen,Moosseedorf,Münchenbuchsee,Ostermundigen,Zollikofen
Twin townsDobrush(Belarus)
Websiteittigen.ch
SFSO statistics

Ittigenis amunicipalityin theBern-Mittelland administrative districtin thecantonofBerninSwitzerland.

The municipality was formed in 1983 when it andOstermundigenwere separated from territory once part ofBolligen.

History

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Its placename is derived from theAlemannic German"at the people of the Ito", and first appeared in print in 1318 asYttigen.In 1326 it was mentioned asvilla de Ittigen.[3]

Traces of prehistoric settlements have been found at Worblaufen (La Tenevessel with cremated remains,Romancoins andEarly Medievalgraves), in the Papiermühle neighborhood (5th or 6th century Early Medieval cemetery with about 30 graves), Neuhaus (Early Medieval graves) and in Wydacker (Seax).[3]

While the smallhamletsof Papiermühle, Schermen, Neuhaus, Badhaus developed on the valley floor, the farming villages of Ittigen and Worblaufen grew up on terraces in the low mountains above the valley. The two farming villages took advantage of extensive arable land for individual fields and sharedcommon farm landand common forests. A number of scattered small farms grew up around the two villages and also had a share of the common land. While the villages in the mountains remained mostly agricultural, the hamlets on the valley floor were local centers for trade and industry. A paper mill (German:Papiermühle) opened in Papiermühle in 1466, followed by a toll house and an inn. There was also a mill at Schermen, a toll house and inn in Neuhaus and a 15th-century spa and inn in Badhaus. A paper mill and severalhammer millseventually opened in Worblaufen. Around the 17th and 18th centuries, the agricultural villages focused on providing fruits, vegetables and hay for the weekly markets in the nearby city ofBern.The area's sunny weather and proximity to Bern encouraged several wealthy families to build country estates in Ittigen including Mannenberg in Ittigen village and Sandhof and Lindenhof in Worblaufen. In the 19th century, agriculture remained important, but small workshops andcottage industrywork provided jobs for many of the residents. A pasta factory opened in Schermen in 1831 followed by a chocolate factory in 1917.[3]

Until 1983, Ittigen was part of Bolligen. Within the Bolligenparish,Ittigen and the surrounding villages formed a semi-independent congregation and elected their own member of the church council. The congregation fulfilled many of the essential municipal functions such as caring for the poor and orphans, providing education and collecting taxes. However, it remained subject to the municipality of Bolligen. In 1774 Ittigen attempted, unsuccessfully, to get their owncoat of arms.In 1813 the village school was founded though it opened five years later in 1818. With the school the village finally got a measure of independence. In 1834 it became one of the four quarters within the municipality of Bolligen (the other three were Bolligen, Ferenberg and Ostermundigen). The quarters were responsible for the fire department, maintaining roads and primary education while the municipality handled finances, taxation and secondary education. Throughout the 20th century the municipality voted on whether they should be incorporated into Bern (1913, 1919), centralize all municipal functions (1930, 1945 and 1963) or split into separate municipalities (1956, 1962 and 1972). Finally in 1978 the residents voted to divide into independent municipalities and between 1980 and 1983 the new municipality took over functions from Bolligen.[3]

Geography

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Ittigen has an area of 4.2 km2(1.62 sq mi).[4]Of this area, 1.03 km2(0.40 sq mi) or 24.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.6 km2(0.23 sq mi) or 14.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.54 km2(0.98 sq mi) or 60.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2(9.9 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.[5]

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 33.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 18.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 12.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.5% is used for growing crops and 5.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[5]

The municipality is located in the Worblental (Worblen valley) on a terrace on the Mannenberg (elevation 688 m [2,257 ft]) in theagglomerationof Bern.

In 1983 the municipality was created when it separated from Bolligen.[6]

On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Bern, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.[7]

Coat of arms

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Theblazonof the municipalcoat of armsisQuartered Gules and Or in second a Grenade Sable inflamed of the first and in third a Mill Wheel of the third.[8]

Demographics

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Ittigen has a population (as of December 2020) of 11,430.[9]As of 2010,19.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[10]Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -2.4%. Migration accounted for -1.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 0.1%.[11]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaksGerman(9,477 or 86.2%) as their first language,Italianis the second most common (283 or 2.6%) andFrenchis the third (272 or 2.5%). There are 4 people who speakRomansh.[12]

As of 2008,the population was 48.7% male and 51.3% female. The population was made up of 4,196 Swiss men (38.3% of the population) and 1,130 (10.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 4,602 Swiss women (42.0%) and 1,018 (9.3%) non-Swiss women.[10]Of the population in the municipality, 1,701 or about 15.5% were born in Ittigen and lived there in 2000. There were 4,723 or 43.0% who were born in the same canton, while 2,104 or 19.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2,034 or 18.5% were born outside of Switzerland.[12]

As of 2010,children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.4%.[11]

As of 2000,there were 4,346 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 5,229 married individuals, 591 widows or widowers and 825 individuals who are divorced.[12]

As of 2000,there were 1,923 households that consist of only one person and 199 households with five or more people. In 2000,a total of 4,964 apartments (94.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 198 apartments (3.8%) were seasonally occupied and 99 apartments (1.9%) were empty.[13]As of 2010,the construction rate of new housing units was 1.1 new units per 1000 residents.[11]The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2011,was 0.5%.

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14]

Heritage sites of national significance

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Gosteli Stiftung building

The Gosteli Foundation with its archive of the History of the Swiss Feminist Movement is listed as a Swissheritage site of national significance.The entire Worbletal (Worble valley) which includes; Bolligen, Ittigen, Ostermundigen and Stettlen is part of theInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[15]

Politics

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In the2011 federal electionthe most popular party was theSVPwhich received 22.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theSPS(19.1%), theBDP Party(15.2%) and theFDP(14.6%). In the federal election, a total of 3,610 votes were cast, and thevoter turnoutwas 47.8%.[16]

Economy

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As of 2011,Ittigen had an unemployment rate of 2.61%. As of 2008,there were a total of 8,976 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 19 people employed in theprimary economic sectorand about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 867 people were employed in thesecondary sectorand there were 82 businesses in this sector. 8,090 people were employed in thetertiary sector,with 387 businesses in this sector.[11]

In 2008there were a total of 7,873full-time equivalentjobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 17, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 815 of which 537 or (65.9%) were in manufacturing and 258 (31.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 7,041. In the tertiary sector; 738 or 10.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 724 or 10.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 192 or 2.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1,874 or 26.6% were in the information industry, 411 or 5.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 354 or 5.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 125 or 1.8% were in education and 315 or 4.5% were in health care.[17]

In 2000,there were 5,490 workers who commuted into the municipality and 4,882 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.[18]Of the working population, 41.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 38.5% used a private car.[11]

Since 1991, Ittigen expanded its source of budget to the highway resting site parking fees. The well known example is the resting site Grauholz. As it is very pioneeric economic area, world rare and extraordinary, at the same time but controversy, it has been published in several newspaperarticles.The municipality maintains the income source up to nowadays.

Religion

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From the 2000 census,2,279 or 20.7% wereRoman Catholic,while 6,064 or 55.2% belonged to theSwiss Reformed Church.Of the rest of the population, there were 214members of an Orthodox church(or about 1.95% of the population), there were 23 individuals (or about 0.21% of the population) who belonged to theChristian Catholic Church,and there were 651 individuals (or about 5.92% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 10 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who wereJewish,and 387 (or about 3.52% of the population) who wereIslamic.There were 52 individuals who wereBuddhist,125 individuals who wereHinduand 15 individuals who belonged to another church. 1,092 (or about 9.94% of the population) belonged to no church, areagnosticoratheist,and 382 individuals (or about 3.48% of the population) did not answer the question.[12]

Education

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In Ittigen about 4,719 or (42.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatoryupper secondary education,and 1,716 or (15.6%) have completed additional higher education (eitheruniversityor aFachhochschule). Of the 1,716 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.5% were Swiss men, 23.1% were Swiss women, 6.3% were non-Swiss men and 4.1% were non-Swiss women.[12]

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.[19]

During the 2009–10 school year, there were a total of 1,474 students attending classes in Ittigen. There were 8 kindergarten classes with a total of 168 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 35.1% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 52.4% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 28 primary classes and 522 students. Of the primary students, 30.5% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 39.5% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 16 lower secondary classes with a total of 275 students. There were 25.8% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 42.5% have a different mother language than the classroom language.[20]

As of 2000,there were 321 students in Ittigen who came from another municipality, while 329 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[18]

Notable people

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  • Hans Zulliger(1893–1965 in Ittigen), child psychoanalyst, author and primary school teacher in Ittigen from 1912 until 1959
  • Marthe Gosteli(1917 in Worblaufen – 2017), Swiss suffrage activist and archivist
  • Jürg M. Stauffer(born 1977), Swiss politician from Ittigen
  • Marc Hirschi(born 1998), Swiss professional cyclist
  • Daniel Bernhardt(born 1965), Swiss actor, model and martial artist.

References

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  1. ^ab"Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen".Federal Statistical Office.Retrieved13 January2019.
  2. ^.Federal Statistical Officehttps://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/de/.Retrieved15 June2020.{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)
  3. ^abcdeIttigeninGerman,FrenchandItalianin the onlineHistorical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  5. ^abSwiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data(in German).Retrieved 25 March 2010
  6. ^Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweizpublished by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office(in German).Retrieved 19 July 2011
  7. ^Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz(in German).Retrieved 4 April 2011
  8. ^Flags of the World.com.Retrieved 6 July 2012
  9. ^"Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit".bfs.admin.ch(in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020.Retrieved21 September2021.
  10. ^abStatistical office of the Canton of BernArchived15 February 2012 at theWayback Machine(in German).Retrieved 4 January 2012
  11. ^abcdeSwiss Federal Statistical OfficeArchived5 January 2016 at theWayback Machine.Retrieved 6 July 2012
  12. ^abcdeSTAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000Archived9 April 2014 at theWayback Machine(in German).Retrieved 2 February 2011
  13. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und WohnungenArchived7 September 2014 at theWayback Machine(in German).Retrieved 28 January 2011
  14. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000Archived30 September 2014 at theWayback Machine(in German).Retrieved 29 January 2011
  15. ^"Kantonsliste A-Objekte".KGS Inventar(in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2010.Retrieved25 April2011.
  16. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 ElectionArchived14 November 2013 at theWayback Machine(in German).Retrieved 8 May 2012
  17. ^Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3Archived25 December 2014 at theWayback Machine(in German).Retrieved 28 January 2011
  18. ^abSwiss Federal Statistical Office – StatwebArchived4 August 2012 atarchive.today(in German).Retrieved 24 June 2010
  19. ^EDK/CDIP/IDES (2010).Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein(PDF)(Report).Retrieved24 June2010.
  20. ^Schuljahr 2010/11 pdf documentArchived2 June 2012 at theWayback Machine(in German).Retrieved 4 January 2012
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