Trimstein
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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Location of Trimstein
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| Coordinates: 46°54′N 7°35′E / 46.900°N 7.583°ECoordinates: 46°54′N 7°35′E / 46.900°N 7.583°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Bern | |
| District | Bern-Mittelland | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 630 m (2,070 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2010) | ||
| • Total | 499 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3083 | |
| SFOS number | 0631 | |
| Surrounded by | Konolfingen, Münsingen, Rubigen, Schlosswil, Worb | |
| Website |
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Trimstein is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Trimstein merged into the municipality of Münsingen.
Until 1993 Trimstein was part of Rubigen.
Trimstein had an area of 3.63 km2 (1.40 sq mi). As of 2012, a total of 2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi) or 81.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.46 km2 (0.18 sq mi) or 12.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.23 km2 (0.089 sq mi) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads).
During the same year, housing and buildings made up 4.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 65.6% is used for growing crops and 12.1% is pastures, while 3.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The village is located on a plateau above the Aare valley.
The village of Trimstein merged on 1 January 2013 into the municipality of Münsingen.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Konolfingen, the village's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.
The blazon of the village coat of arms is Gules three Roses Or barbed Vert and seeded of the first.
Trimstein has a population (as of December 2010[update]) of 24. As of 2010[update], 2.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of 2.9%. Migration accounted for -3.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 6.8%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (478 or 99.2%) as their first language with the rest speaking French
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