Graben, Switzerland

Graben

Coat of arms

Graben

Location of Graben

Coordinates: 47°13′N 7°43′E / 47.217°N 7.717°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 7°43′E / 47.217°N 7.717°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.16 km² (1.22 sq mi)

Elevation

455 m (1,493 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

337

• Density

110/km² (280/sq mi)

Postal code

3376

SFOS number

0976

Surrounded by

Aarwangen, Bannwil, Berken, Heimenhausen, Herzogenbuchsee, Thunstetten

Website

http://www.graben.ch
SFSO statistics

Graben is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Graben is first mentioned in 1220 as Stadonce. In the 19th Century it was known as Graben durch den Wald.

Graben has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.16 km² (1.22 sq mi). Of this area, 1.67 km² (0.64 sq mi) or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.16 km² (0.45 sq mi) or 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.22 km² (0.085 sq mi) or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km² (27 acres) or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. 33.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.4% is used for growing crops and 16.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

The municipality is located at the confluence of the Önz into the Aare river a nature reserve. It includes the hamlets of Baumgarten, Burach, Gsoll, Hubel, Kleinholz, Schörlishäusern, Schwendi and Stadönz.

Graben has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 337. As of 2007^[update], 4.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (98.7%), with French being second most common ( 1.0%) and English being third ( 0.3%).

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