Niederried bei Kallnach

Former municipality of Switzerland

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Location of Niederried bei Kallnach

Coordinates: 47°1′N 7°15′E / 47.017°N 7.250°ECoordinates: 47°1′N 7°15′E / 47.017°N 7.250°E

Country

Area

• Total

4.6 km² (1.8 sq mi)

Elevation

518 m (1,699 ft)

Population (Dec 2011)

• Total

295

• Density

64/km² (170/sq mi)

Postal code

3283

SFOS number

0308

Surrounded by

Kallnach, Bargen BE, Radelfingen, Golaten, Kerzers, Fräschels

Twin towns

Nisovice (Czech Republic)

Website

www.niederried.ch
SFSO statistics

Niederried bei Kallnach is a former municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

To the southeast of the municipality lies the Niederried reservoir. It is a refuge of international importance for water and wading birds.

The municipality of Niederried bei Kallnach merged on 1 January 2013 into Kallnach.

Several neolithic and Hallstatt burial mounds, some of which contain grave goods, have been discovered in Niederried. During the Middle Ages Kallnach and Niederried formed a single lower court. In 1521-22 this lower court was added to the Landvogtei of Aarberg. In 1530 the two villages were combined into a single parish.

Niederried has always been a small farming village. Around 1910 the population doubled during the construction of the power plants at Kallnach, Niederried-Radelfingen and Aarberg as well as the creation of Niederried dam and the associated Niederried reservoir. Creation of the reservoir flooded a number of fields in the municipality and changed the village's borders. In 1974 a primary school was built in the village, but the upper primary and secondary school for the village is in Kallnach.

Niederried bei Kallnach had an area of 4.52 km² (1.75 sq mi). Of this area, 2.42 km² (0.93 sq mi) or 53.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.66 km² (0.64 sq mi) or 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.24 km² (0.093 sq mi) or 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.22 km² (0.085 sq mi) or 4.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 1.8% is in lakes and 3.1% is in rivers and streams.

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