Aeschlen

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Aeschlen

Location of Aeschlen

Coordinates: 46°50′N 7°39′E / 46.833°N 7.650°ECoordinates: 46°50′N 7°39′E / 46.833°N 7.650°E

Country

Area

• Total

4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi)

Elevation

750 m (2,460 ft)

Population (December 2007)

• Total

305

• Density

62/km² (160/sq mi)

Postal code

3672

SFOS number

0601

Surrounded by

Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach, Buchholterberg, Linden, Oberdiessbach

Website

www.oberdiessbach.ch
SFSO statistics

Aeschlen bei Oberdiessbach (officially known as Aeschlen) was a municipality in the district of Konolfingen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Aeschlen merged into the municipality of Oberdiessbach.

Aeschlen is first mentioned in 1303 as Eschlon.

Aeschlen had an area of 4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi). Of this area, 60.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.9% is forested. The rest of the land, (3.9%) is settled.

Aeschlen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 305. As of 2007^[update], 1.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -7.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.6%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 58.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (10%), the CSP (8.4%) and the Green Party (7.4%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12%. In Aeschlen about 64.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

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