Oberhünigen
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Location of Oberhünigen
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| Coordinates: 46°53′N 7°40′E / 46.883°N 7.667°ECoordinates: 46°53′N 7°40′E / 46.883°N 7.667°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Bern-Mittelland |
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| • Total | 6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 852 m (2,795 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2015) | |
| • Total | 317 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 3504 |
| SFOS number | 0629 |
| Surrounded by | Bowil, Linden, Mirchel, Niederhünigen, Zäziwil |
| Website |
http://www.oberhuenigen.ch/ SFSO statistics |
Oberhünigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Oberhünigen is first mentioned in 1148 as Huningen superior. Until 1980 it was an exclave of the municipality of Schlosswil.
Throughout its history, Oberhünigen was a small farming village on the edge of the forest. It was part of the court of Wil until 1834 when it became an exclave of Schlosswil. Even after it left the political municipality of Schlosswil, it remained part of the parish.
Oberhünigen has an area of 6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi). As of 2012, a total of 2.33 km2 (0.90 sq mi) or 38.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.43 km2 (1.32 sq mi) or 57.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.21 km2 (0.081 sq mi) or 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.
During the same year, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 11.5% is used for growing crops and 26.2% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality includes the village of Oberhünigen, the hamlet of Äbersold and individual farm houses on the Kurzenberg. Until 1980 it was an exclave of Schlosswil.
More than half of the municipality is covered by the Toppwald (Topp Forest).
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 fess Sable two Swan Heads issuant Argent beaked Or and of he last.
Oberhünigen has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 317. As of 2010[update], 1.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2001-2011) the population has changed at a rate of -2.1%. Migration accounted for -0.6%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.3%.
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