Zollikofen
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| Coordinates:47°00′N7°27′E/ 47.000°N 7.450°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Bern-Mittelland |
| Government | |
| •Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
| •Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Daniel BichselSVP/UDC (as of 2013) |
| •Parliament | Grosser Gemeinderat with 40 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.4 km2(2.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 557 m (1,827 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 10,306 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2(4,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3052 |
| SFOS number | 0361 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BE |
| Surrounded by | Bern,Bremgarten bei Bern,Ittigen,Kirchlindach,Münchenbuchsee |
| Twin towns | Neudörfl,Burgenland (Austria) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Zollikofenis amunicipalityin theBern-Mittelland administrative districtin the SwisscantonofBern.It is a suburb of the city ofBern.
It is home to theSwiss College of Agriculture(SHL).
Geography
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Zollikofen has an area of 5.39 km2(2.08 sq mi).[3]Of this area, 2.39 km2(0.92 sq mi) or 44.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.68 km2(0.26 sq mi) or 12.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.27 km2(0.88 sq mi) or 42.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km2(17 acres) or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes.[4]
Of the developed area, industrial buildings made up 4.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 27.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 11.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 33.2% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[4]
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.[5]
Coat of arms
[edit]Theblazonof the municipalcoat of armsisPer fess Argent two Lions rampant combatant the dexter Gules maned Or and the sinister Sable crowned and collared Or langued and viriled Gules each holding a Tanner Knife Azure handled Or and Gules on a Bend Argent nine Box Leaves Vert.[6]
Demographics
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Zollikofen has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 10,640.[7]As of 2010[update],18.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[8]Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 6.1%. Migration accounted for 5.6%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.1%.[9]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaksGerman(8,173 or 86.6%) as their first language,Italianis the second most common (266 or 2.8%) andFrenchis the third (230 or 2.4%). There are 13 people who speakRomansh.[10]
As of 2008[update],the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 3,820 Swiss men (38.9% of the population) and 956 (9.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 4,203 Swiss women (42.8%) and 852 (8.7%) non-Swiss women.[8]Of the population in the municipality, 1,646 or about 17.4% were born in Zollikofen and lived there in 2000. There were 3,892 or 41.2% who were born in the same canton, while 1,909 or 20.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,567 or 16.6% were born outside of Switzerland.[10]
As of 2010[update],children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.5%.[9]
As of 2000[update],there were 3,784 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 4,558 married individuals, 561 widows or widowers and 534 individuals who are divorced.[10]
As of 2000[update],there were 1,501 households that consist of only one person and 162 households with five or more people. In 2000[update],a total of 4,066 apartments (93.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 194 apartments (4.4%) were seasonally occupied and 106 apartments (2.4%) 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 1.25%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:[12]
Heritage sites of national significance
[edit]TheArchiv Schweizer Milchproduzenten,(Archive of Swiss Milk Production) andReichenbach Castleare listed as Swissheritage site of national significance.Thehamletof Büelikofen / Graben is part of theInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[13]
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Archiv Schweizer Milchproduzenten -
Main sights
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TheBern Switzerland Temple(formerly the Swiss Temple) atempleofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(sometimes called the LDS Church). Though the building is located inMünchenbuchsee,its postal address is assigned to Zollikofen. It was the first LDS temple to be built inEuropeand the first to be built outside of theUnited StatesandCanada.The temple was dedicated on September 11, 1955, by PresidentDavid O. McKay.In 1992 it was rededicated by PresidentGordon B. Hinckley.The temple grounds are open to visitors, but only members of the Church in good standing may enter the temple.
Politics
[edit]In the2011 federal electionthe most popular party was theSVPwhich received 23.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theSPS(20.1%), theBDP Party(15.3%) and theFDP(11.8%). In the federal election, a total of 3,809 votes were cast, and thevoter turnoutwas 55.9%.[14]
Economy
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As of 2011[update],Zollikofen had an unemployment rate of 3.17%. As of 2008[update],there were a total of 4,776 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 145 people employed in theprimary economic sectorand about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 1,211 people were employed in thesecondary sectorand there were 75 businesses in this sector. 3,420 people were employed in thetertiary sector,with 261 businesses in this sector.[9]
In 2008[update]there were a total of 4,019full-time equivalentjobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 116, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,137 of which 814 or (71.6%) were in manufacturing and 298 (26.2%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2,766. In the tertiary sector; 601 or 21.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 148 or 5.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 85 or 3.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 70 or 2.5% were in the information industry, 194 or 7.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 311 or 11.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 218 or 7.9% were in education and 615 or 22.2% were in health care.[15]
In 2000[update],there were 4,032 workers who commuted into the municipality and 3,653 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.[16]Of the working population, 40.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 36.8% used a private car.[9]
Religion
[edit]From the 2000 census[update],1,892 or 20.0% wereRoman Catholic,while 5,395 or 57.2% belonged to theSwiss Reformed Church.Of the rest of the population, there were 154members of an Orthodox church(or about 1.63% of the population), there were 8 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to theChristian Catholic Church,and there were 560 individuals (or about 5.93% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 6 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who wereJewish,and 414 (or about 4.39% of the population) who wereIslamic.There were 67 individuals who wereBuddhist,66 individuals who wereHinduand 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 826 (or about 8.75% of the population) belonged to no church, areagnosticoratheist,and 321 individuals (or about 3.40% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]
Education
[edit]In Zollikofen about 3,906 or (41.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatoryupper secondary education,and 1,508 or (16.0%) have completed additional higher education (eitheruniversityor aFachhochschule). Of the 1,508 who completed tertiary schooling, 67.6% were Swiss men, 23.8% were Swiss women, 5.3% were non-Swiss men and 3.3% 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 1,081 students attending classes in Zollikofen. There were 9 kindergarten classes with a total of 186 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 33.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 41.9% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 28 primary classes and 538 students. Of the primary students, 32.0% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 44.6% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 13 lower secondary classes with a total of 217 students. There were 30.9% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 36.4% have a different mother language than the classroom language.[18]
As of 2000[update],there were 166 students in Zollikofen who came from another municipality, while 312 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[16]
Zollikofen is home to theBFH Schweizerische Hochschule für Landwirtschaft SHLlibrary. The library has (as of 2008[update]) 8,058 books or other media, and loaned out 3,231 items in the same year. It was open a total of 200 days with average of 42 hours per week during that year.[19]
Transportation
[edit]The municipality has four railway stations:Zollikofen,Oberzollikofen,Unterzollikofen,andSteinibach.The latter two are located on the narrow-gaugeZollikofen–Bern line,which terminates in the centre of Zollikofen. Zollikofen and Oberzollikofen are located on the narrow-gaugeSolothurn–Worblaufen line,and Zollikofen also has standard-gauge mainline connections toBiel/BienneandThun.[20]
Weather
[edit]| Climate data for Bern/Zollikofen | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3 (37) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.2 (29.8) |
0.5 (32.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
3 (37) |
6.9 (44.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9 (48) |
5.3 (41.5) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 66 (2.6) |
58 (2.3) |
70 (2.8) |
84 (3.3) |
108 (4.3) |
121 (4.8) |
104 (4.1) |
113 (4.4) |
84 (3.3) |
73 (2.9) |
81 (3.2) |
67 (2.6) |
1,028 (40.5) |
| Average precipitation days | 10 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 10 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 8 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 125.5 |
| Source: MeteoSchweiz[21] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
[edit]- Serge Brignoni(1903–2002) avant-garde painter and sculptor[citation needed]
- Katharina Perch-Nielsen(born 1940) a Swiss geologist and orienteering competitor, brought up in Zollikofen
- Corinne Schmidhauser(born 1964), ski racer and politician, competed at the1988 Winter Olympics[citation needed]
- Thomas Laszlo Winkler(born 1985 in Zollikofen), former singer of the power metal bandGloryhammer,founder of Angus McSix
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