Mirchel
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| Coordinates: 46°54′N 7°39′E / 46.900°N 7.650°ECoordinates: 46°54′N 7°39′E / 46.900°N 7.650°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Bern-Mittelland |
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| • Total | 2.35 km2 (0.91 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 669 m (2,195 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2015) | |
| • Total | 626 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 3532 |
| SFOS number | 0615 |
| Surrounded by | Grosshöchstetten, Konolfingen, Niederhünigen, Oberhünigen, Zäziwil |
| Website |
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Mirchel is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Mirchel is first mentioned in 1320 as Mirchlon.
The oldest traces of a settlement in the area are a La Tene grave and iron tools. During the Middle Ages Mirchel was part of the Herrschaft of Signau. In 1529 the Herrschaft came under Bernese control and Mirchel became part of the Bernese bailiwick of Signau. It has always been part of the parish of Möschberg. Beginning in the 1970s many commuters settled in the municipality and today about two-thirds of the working population commutes to jobs nearby cities and towns.
Mirchel has an area of 2.35 km2 (0.91 sq mi). Of this area, 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi) or 76.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 10.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 13.2% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 51.9% is used for growing crops and 19.6% is pastures, while 5.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
It is located in the upper Kiesental (Kiesen Valley) and includes the village of Mirchel, the hamlet of Gmeis and scattered farm house clusters and isolated 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.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Or and Vert an Oak Branch palewise counterchanged.
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