Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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 Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach
Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach
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Location of Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach
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| Coordinates: 46°49′N 7°38′E / 46.817°N 7.633°ECoordinates: 46°49′N 7°38′E / 46.817°N 7.633°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Bern-Mittelland administrative district | |
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| • Total | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 874 m (2,867 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2011) | ||
| • Total | 391 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3674 | |
| SFOS number | 0604 | |
| Surrounded by | Aeschlen, Brenzikofen, Buchholterberg, Fahrni, Herbligen, Oberdiessbach | |
| Website | SFSO statistics |
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Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach merged into the municipality of Oberdiessbach.
Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach is first mentioned in 1337 as Bleikon. In 1473 it was mentioned simply as villages (Dörfer).
The village was settled rather later than many of the nearby villages. In 1880 a medical spa resort was built in the village. The spa eventually closed and the building is now an apartment complex. Even after the spa was built, the village remained isolated. In 1908 a Postauto route was established which connected Bleiken with Oberdiessbach. Today, over half of the working population commutes to jobs in Oberdiessbach and nearly three-quarters of the jobs in the village are in agriculture or small business.
Before the merger, Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach had a total area of 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi). Of this area, 1.98 km2 (0.76 sq mi) or 57.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) or 37.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.14 km2 (35 acres) or 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 8.5% is used for growing crops and 47.4% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
It lies 7 km (4.3 mi) to the north of the town of Thun. It is located between the Rothachen canyon and the Äschlenalp mountain. It includes the hamlets of Kirch (located in the center), Oberbleiken, Niederbleiken and Egglen as well as scattered individual farm houses.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Konolfingen, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.
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