Kandergrund
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| Coordinates: 46°35′N 7°39′E / 46.583°N 7.650°ECoordinates: 46°35′N 7°39′E / 46.583°N 7.650°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Frutigen-Niedersimmental | |
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| • Total | 32.06 km2 (12.38 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 784 | |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3716 | |
| SFOS number | 0564 | |
| Surrounded by | Frutigen, Kandersteg, Reichenbach im Kandertal | |
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Kandergrund is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The area may have been lightly inhabited during the Bronze age, however the earliest documented settlement was around the Castle (now ruins) Felsenburg. Kandergrund, together with Kandersteg, is first mentioned in 1352 as der Kandergrund.
During the Middle Ages, Kandergrund was politically and religiously part of Frutigen. In 1833, it finally separated and became an independent municipality. At that time, Mitholz and Kandersteg were part of Kandergrun. In 1850 a church was built in Bunderbach, and ten years later that church became the parish church of Kandergrund parish. In 1909 Kandersteg separated from Kandergrund. The population grew dramatically during construction of the Lötschberg Tunnel and the Lötschberg railway line between 1906 and 1913.
Kandergrund has an area of 32.06 km2 (12.38 sq mi). Of this area, 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi) or 32.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.83 km2 (4.57 sq mi) or 36.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi) or 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 8.07 km2 (3.12 sq mi) or 25.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out of the forested land, 32.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.9% is pastures and 21.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 11.1% is unproductive vegetation and 14.1% is too rocky for vegetation.
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