Scheuren BE

Scheuren
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Location of Scheuren
Coordinates: 47°8′N 7°19′E / 47.133°N 7.317°E / 47.133; 7.317Coordinates: 47°8′N 7°19′E / 47.133°N 7.317°E / 47.133; 7.317
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Biel/Bienne
Area
• Total	2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (Dec 2016)
• Total	451
• Density	210/km2 (560/sq mi)
Postal code	2556
SFOS number	0747
Surrounded by	Dotzigen, Meienried, Orpund, Safnern, Schwadernau
Website	www.scheuren.ch SFSO statistics

Scheuren is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Scheuren is first mentioned in 1398 as Schüren.

The village of Scheuren was given around 1255 to Gottstatt Abbey by the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau. Around the end of the 14th century the village was acquired by the city of Bern. Under Bernese rule it was incorporated into the bailiwick of Nidau and was the seat of a low court that had jurisdiction over several neighboring villages. Originally it was part of the parish of Büttenberg, but after the Protestant Reformation of 1528 it became part of the new parish of Gottstatt.

The village was built along the Zihl/Thielle river, which periodically flooded, damaging buildings or fields. Most of the residents made their living from farming or fishing in the river. The diversion of the river and the construction of the Nidau-Büren Canal, in 1868-75, removed the flood risk and opened up additional farm land. In 1925 a bridge connected Scheuren with the neighboring municipality of Orpund. Today, despite Biel's proximity, Scheuren has remained largely an agricultural village, with a couple of small factories and businesses. In 1970 the second tennis center in Switzerland was built in Scheuren.

Scheuren has an area of 2.1 km² (0.81 sq mi). As of 2012, a total of 1.17 km² (0.45 sq mi) or 55.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.54 km² (0.21 sq mi) or 25.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.22 km² (0.085 sq mi) or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 2.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.11 km² (27 acres) or 5.2% is unproductive land.