Alchenstorf
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| Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°39′E / 47.117°N 7.650°ECoordinates: 47°7′N 7°39′E / 47.117°N 7.650°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Emmental | |
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| • Total | 6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 602 | |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3473 | |
| SFOS number | 0402 | |
| Surrounded by | Hellsau, Höchstetten, Koppigen, Niederösch, Rumendingen, Seeberg, Wynigen | |
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Alchenstorf is a municipality in the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Alchenstorf is first mentioned in 1221 as Alchirstorf.
Traces of neolithic settlements have been found at Rain and Kastenmoos in the municipal borders. A Roman manor and coin depot were discovered in Ischbergwald. The first village church was in operation between 1275 and 1471. While the exact location of the church is no longer known, it was probably in the Unterdorf or lower village. After the church was demolished, Alchenstorf became part of the parish of Koppigen.
Even today the village remains rural and agricultural. In 1990, 64% of the workers commuted to nearby towns and cities for work.
Alchenstorf has an area of 6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi). Of this area, 3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi) or 60.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.1 km2 (0.81 sq mi) or 32.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 45.1% is used for growing crops and 14.0% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
It consists of the village of Alchenstorf (made up of Oberdorf and Unterdorf) and scattered hamlets and farm houses.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Burgdorf, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Emmental.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Ploughshare Azure on a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Gules.
Alchenstorf has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 602. As of 2010[update], 3.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of -0.3%. Migration accounted for -4.4%, while births and deaths accounted for 1%.
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